= Adding Deltas to Counters
Increment or decrement counters with arbitrary values.

.Procedure
. Select a counter.
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[source,json,options="nowrap",subs=attributes+]
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[//containers/default]> counter my-weak-counter
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. List the current count.
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[source,json,options="nowrap",subs=attributes+]
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[//containers/default/counters/my-weak-counter]> ls
5
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. Increment the counter value by `2`.
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[source,json,options="nowrap",subs=attributes+]
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[//containers/default/counters/my-weak-counter]> add --delta=2
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. Decrement the counter value by `-4`.
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[source,json,options="nowrap",subs=attributes+]
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[//containers/default/counters/my-weak-counter]> add --delta=-4
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[NOTE]
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Strong counters return values after the operation is applied. Use
`--quiet=true` to hide the return value.

For example, `my-strong-counter]> add --delta=3 --quiet=true`.

Weak counters return empty responses.
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