How to change the value of value in BASH ??

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Published on 2010-03-24T22:26:29Z Indexed on 2010/03/24 22:33 UTC
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Hello All,

Let's say i have the Following,

Vegetable=Potato ( Kind of vegetable that i have )

Potato=3 ( quantity available )

If i wanna know how many vegetables i have (from a script where i have access only to variable Vegetable), i do the following:

Quantity=${!Vegetable}

But let's say i take one Potato then i want to update the quantity, i should be able to do the following:

${Vegetable}=$(expr ${!Vegetable} - 1)

It does not work !!

Any clues to realize this

Thanks

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