====Command shift==== ====Name==== **shift** Shifts positional arguments or sequence variables ====Synopsis==== shift [n] shift variable [n] ====Examples==== Example %% set a b c d e shift echo $* %% Result %% b c d e %% Example %% shift 2 echo $* %% Result %% d e %% Example %% a=(1 2 3 foo bar spam) shift a 2 echo $a %% Result %% 3 foo bar spam %% ---- [[Commands]] [[CategoryCommands]]