#!/bin/bash TABLE_NAME='elaborate_employee_table' aws dynamodb update-item \ --table-name ${TABLE_NAME} \ --key '{"id":{"N":"20"}}' \ --update-expression "SET #ca = #ca + :val" \ --expression-attribute-values '{":val": {"N":"5"}}' \ --expression-attribute-names '{"#ca": "count_accessed"}' \ --return-values UPDATED_NEW | jq .