The content of a.sh is
echo start
let index=(RANDOM % 4)
echo $index
a.sh sometimes fails to produce the number
gqqnbig@instance-1:~/test/systemd$ vim a.sh
gqqnbig@instance-1:~/test/systemd$ bash -e a.sh
start
3
gqqnbig@instance-1:~/test/systemd$ bash -e a.sh
start
3
gqqnbig@instance-1:~/test/systemd$ bash -e a.sh
start
2
gqqnbig@instance-1:~/test/systemd$ bash -e a.sh
start
2
gqqnbig@instance-1:~/test/systemd$ bash -e a.sh
start
2
gqqnbig@instance-1:~/test/systemd$ bash -e a.sh
start
3
gqqnbig@instance-1:~/test/systemd$ bash -e a.sh
start
3
gqqnbig@instance-1:~/test/systemd$ bash -e a.sh
start
gqqnbig@instance-1:~/test/systemd$ echo $?
1
gqqnbig@instance-1:~/test/systemd$
See the last time I run a.sh, it only outputs "start" but not the index, which means let index=(RANDOM % 4)
has something wrong, and the exit code is 1.
Why does the RANDOM variable produce this random error? How do I fix it?