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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