$ jq -c -n -f Permutations_by_swapping.jq
[1,["a","b","c"]]
[-1,["a","c","b"]]
[1,["c","a","b"]]
[-1,["c","b","a"]]
[1,["b","c","a"]]
[-1,["b","a","c"]]

"There are 32 permutations of 5 items."