Re: shuffle array

[Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stephane Chazelas wrote on Sun, Dec 01, 2019 at 20:07:19 +0000:
> array=("${(0@)$(printf '%s\0' "$array[@]" | shuf -z)[1,-2]}")
> 
> But that would still not work for array elements containing
> NULs.

I think the following would work? —

    typeset -a l=(…)
    eval "l=(" $(print -rl -- "${(@qqqq)l}" | shuf) ")"

shuf(1) expects newline-separated output, and the output of ${(qqqq)} never
has literal newlines.