Bash += and -=

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+= 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

The += can be used on string values as such:

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

displays:

something else