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The += can be used on string values as such:
+= can be used on string values as such:
<syntaxhighlight lang='bash'>
<syntaxhighlight lang='bash'>
s="something"
s+=" else"
echo ${s}
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</syntaxhighlight>
displays:
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something else
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-= does not work with strings.

Latest revision as of 05:39, 8 May 2020

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Overview

+= and -= are assignment operators that can be used to increment/decrement the value of the left operand with the value specified after the operator. The operators can be used on integral values as such:

i=0
((i+=1))
echo ${i}

displays:

1

Also:

i=0
((i-=1))
echo ${i}

displays:

-1

+= can be used on string values as such:

s="something"
s+=" else"
echo ${s}

displays:

something else

-= does not work with strings.