Name
shift
Synopsis
shift [variable]
If variable is given, shift the words in a wordlist variable; i.e., name [2] becomes name [1]. With no argument, shift the positional parameters (command-line arguments; i.e., $2 becomes $1. shift is typically used in a while loop. See additional example under while.
Example
while ($#argv)
While there are argumentsif (-f $argv[1])
wc -l $argv[1]
else
echo "$argv[1] is not a regular file"
endif
shift
Get the next argumentend
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