Name

shift

Synopsis

shift [n]

Shift positional arguments (e.g., $2 becomes $1). If n is given, shift to the left n places. Used in while loops to iterate through command-line arguments.

Examples

shift $(($1 + $6))                   Use expression result as shift count

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