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# 1  
Old 04-24-2012
Increment a variable in unix bash
Hello There,

I have been trying to increment the value of variable to 1, 2, 3 etc. but, it displays
1
1+1
1+1+1
.....
Smilie
Could anyone help out with this?
Code:
for i in *.*
do
s=`expr $s+1`
echo $s
j=$i$j
mv $i $j  
done

Any help is appreciated?

-A
# 2  
Old 04-24-2012
If you're really in BASH:

Code:
((S++))

will suffice.

If you want to use expr, remember that each thing you feed expr must be a separate argument. That means putting in spaces.

Code:
S=`expr $S + 1`

# 3  
Old 04-24-2012
If you're running and old bash version, you'll need a bit different syntax:

Code:
$ bash -c 'echo $BASH_VERSION; (( c++ ))'
2.03.0(1)-release
bash: ((: c++ : syntax error: operand expected (error token is " ")
$ bash -c 'echo $BASH_VERSION; (( c += 1 )); echo $c'
2.03.0(1)-release
1

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# 4  
Old 04-24-2012
Hello there,

Thanks both for the quick reply. I tried using (( C +=1 )) and it kept throwing a syntax error at me. I was just not sure why.

I am curious though. Functions like
Code:
$(( ls - l ))

as well doesnt work for me. It keep throwing the syntax error saying `(' unexpected whenever i use something like that.

Help is appreciated.

Thanks.
-A
# 5  
Old 04-24-2012
Are you sure you're using bash?
What's the output of:

Code:
ps -p$$

and:

Code:
echo $BASH_VERSION

$(( ... )) has a different meaning.
# 6  
Old 04-24-2012
Radulov,

Here is the output to your commands:
Code:
ps -p$$

PID TTY TIME CMD
1198 pts/4 0:01 bash

Code:
echo $BASH_VERSION


3.2.51(1)-release


It is bash shell for sure!!SmilieSmilie
# 7  
Old 04-24-2012
If it's bash, it shouldn't throw an error with this code Smilie

Code:
$ bash -c 'echo $BASH_VERSION; (( c += 3 )); echo $c'
3.2.25(1)-release
3

Notice that the standard/POSIX syntax is different:

Code:
c=$(( c + 1 ))

But bash has various extensions.
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