#!/bin/bash arr1=($(seq 1 1 5)) arr2=($(seq 1 1 6)) N=12 # prints 2 0 product_index $N "${#arr1[@]}" "${#arr2[@]}" # stores i1=2 i2=0 read -r i1 i2 <<< $(product_index $N "${#arr1[@]}" "${#arr2[@]}") # echo "arr1 = ${arr1[@]}" # echo "arr2 = ${arr2[@]}" # Prints echo "x,y = ${arr1[$i1]}, ${arr2[$i2]}"