How to modify a global variable within a function in bash?

Question

I\'m working with this:

GNU bash, version 4.1.2(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu)

I have a script like below:

#!/bin/bas         


        

Answer 1

You can always use an alias:

alias next='printf "blah_%02d" $count;count=$((count+1))'