Hi all,

I'm using Bash 4.3.8 on an Ubuntu system, and no matter what I try, incrementing a counter won't work. The simplest example would be something like this:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
myVar=0
myVar=$((myVar++))
echo myVar

The variable should be 1, but it's always 0. I've tried every increment method I know, including:

Code:

myVar=$((myVar++))
myVar=$(($myVar+1))
myVar=`expr myVar + 1`
myVar++

And nothing works. I'm pulling my hair out here, can anyone tell me what I'm missing?

Thanks!
Zel2008