El siguiente código trata del método de ordenamiento por inserción binaria en bash:
#!/bin/bash
function insercionbinaria {
lista=$1
tam=${#lista[@]}
for i in $(seq 1 $[$tam-1]) ; do
aus=${lista[$i]}
izq=0;
der=$[$i-1]
while [ $izq -le $der ] ; do
m=$[$[$izq+$der]/2]
if [ $aus -lt ${lista[$m]} ] ; then
der=$[$m-1]
else
izq=$[$m+1]
fi
done
j=$[$i-1]
while [ $j -ge $izq ] ; do
lista[$[$j+1]]=${lista[$j]}
j=$[$j-1]
done
lista[$izq]=$aus
done
}
lista=(5 4 3 2 1)
insercionbinaria $lista
for i in ${lista[@]};do echo $i; done

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