RosettaCodeData/Task/Permutations/UNIX-Shell/permutations-1.sh

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function permute {
if (( $# == 1 )); then
set -- $(seq $1)
fi
local A=("$@")
permuteAn "$#"
}
function permuteAn {
# print all permutations of first n elements of the array A, with remaining
# elements unchanged.
local -i n=$1 i
shift
if (( n == 1 )); then
printf '%s\n' "${A[*]}"
else
permuteAn $(( n-1 ))
for (( i=0; i<n-1; ++i )); do
local -i k
(( k=n%2 ? 0: i ))
local t=${A[k]}
A[k]=${A[n-1]}
A[n-1]=$t
permuteAn $(( n-1 ))
done
fi
}