Get random element from array using bash script – Code Example

Akash Mittal

4 months ago

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=("$@")
    printf '%s\n' "${arr[RANDOM % $#]}"
}

arr=(yo ho all together hoist the colors high)

random_array_element "${arr[@]}"

# Output:
# all

Inspired from Dylan Araps

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