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scripts/variables.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Variable assignment is rather straightforward in bash
+
+name="brian"
+echo $name
+# prints:
+# brian
+
+# If we want to assign a number to a variable, we want to encase it within a subshell:
+
+my_number=$((1))
+echo $my_number
+# prints
+# 1
+
+# Let's say we wanted to add to that number now, we could do that like so:
+
+my_number=$(($my_number + 1))
+echo $my_number
+# prints
+# 2
+
+# Let's say we wanted to continually add to a number up to ten within a for loop:
+
+for (( i=0; i<=10; i++ )); do
+    echo "$name's current number is: $i"
+done