Can I create a Bash script with persistent variable-values?
For example, I initialize a variable with 0 when the script runs for the first time (during a specific time limit), and the variable increases automatically with every time the script is running.
You can't, but you can use a file to do it
#!/bin/bash
valuefile="/tmp/value.dat"
# if we don't have a file, start at zero
if [ ! -f "$valuefile" ]; then
value=0
# otherwise read the value from the file
else
value=$(cat "$valuefile")
fi
# increment the value
value=$((value + 1))
# show it to the user
echo "value: ${value}"
# and save it for next time
echo "${value}" > "$valuefile"