LDP/LDP/guide/docbook/abs-guide/insertion-sort.bash

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#!/bin/bash
# insertion-sort.bash: Insertion sort implementation in Bash
# Heavy use of Bash array features:
#+ (string) slicing, merging, etc
# URL: http://www.lugmen.org.ar/~jjo/jjotip/insertion-sort.bash.d
#+ /insertion-sort.bash.sh
#
# Author: JuanJo Ciarlante <jjo@irrigacion.gov.ar>
# Lightly reformatted by ABS Guide author.
# License: GPLv2
# Used in ABS Guide with author's permission (thanks!).
#
# Test with: ./insertion-sort.bash -t
# Or: bash insertion-sort.bash -t
# The following *doesn't* work:
# sh insertion-sort.bash -t
# Why not? Hint: which Bash-specific features are disabled
#+ when running a script by 'sh script.sh'?
#
: ${DEBUG:=0} # Debug, override with: DEBUG=1 ./scriptname . . .
# Parameter substitution -- set DEBUG to 0 if not previously set.
# Global array: "list"
typeset -a list
# Load whitespace-separated numbers from stdin.
if [ "$1" = "-t" ]; then
DEBUG=1
read -a list < <( od -Ad -w24 -t u2 /dev/urandom ) # Random list.
# ^ ^ process substition
else
read -a list
fi
numelem=${#list[*]}
# Shows the list, marking the element whose index is $1
#+ by surrounding it with the two chars passed as $2.
# Whole line prefixed with $3.
showlist()
{
echo "$3"${list[@]:0:$1} ${2:0:1}${list[$1]}${2:1:1} ${list[@]:$1+1};
}
# Loop _pivot_ -- from second element to end of list.
for(( i=1; i<numelem; i++ )) do
((DEBUG))&&showlist i "[]" " "
# From current _pivot_, back to first element.
for(( j=i; j; j-- )) do
# Search for the 1st elem. less than current "pivot" . . .
[[ "${list[j-1]}" -le "${list[i]}" ]] && break
done
(( i==j )) && continue ## No insertion was needed for this element.
# . . . Move list[i] (pivot) to the left of list[j]:
list=(${list[@]:0:j} ${list[i]} ${list[j]}\
# {0,j-1} {i} {j}
${list[@]:j+1:i-(j+1)} ${list[@]:i+1})
# {j+1,i-1} {i+1,last}
((DEBUG))&&showlist j "<>" "*"
done
echo
echo "------"
echo $'Result:\n'${list[@]}
exit $?