In this article we will show you a bash script code to get random element from an array. This function will select an element randomly and return. It doesn’t use loops.
Code Example –
#!/bin/bash
random_array_element() {
local arr=("[email protected]")
printf '%s\n' "${arr[RANDOM % $#]}"
}
arr=(yo ho all together hoist the colors high)
random_array_element "${arr[@]}"
# Output:
# all
