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CompTIA Linux+ XK0-006 (V8) Practice Question

A junior administrator is troubleshooting the following Bash script that will run on a Linux server:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
counter=0

increment() {
  local counter=0
  ((counter++))
}

increment
echo "$counter"

The script executes without any runtime errors. What value will it print to standard output?

  • 1

  • A blank line (no output)

  • bash: counter: unbound variable

  • 0

CompTIA Linux+ XK0-006 (V8)
Automation, Orchestration, and Scripting
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