NAME

       shift - shift positional parameters

SYNOPSIS

       shift [n]

DESCRIPTION

       The  positional  parameters shall be shifted. Positional parameter 1 shall be assigned the
       value of parameter (1+n), parameter 2 shall be assigned the value of parameter (2+n),  and
       so on. The parameters represented by the numbers "$#" down to "$#-n+1" shall be unset, and
       the parameter '#' is updated to reflect the new number of positional parameters.

       The value n shall be an unsigned decimal integer less than or equal to the  value  of  the
       special  parameter  '#'  .  If n is not given, it shall be assumed to be 1. If n is 0, the
       positional and special parameters are not changed.

OPTIONS

       None.

OPERANDS

       See the DESCRIPTION.

STDIN

       Not used.

INPUT FILES

       None.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       None.

ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS

       Default.

STDOUT

       Not used.

STDERR

       The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.

OUTPUT FILES

       None.

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION

       None.

EXIT STATUS

       The exit status is >0 if n>$#; otherwise, it is zero.

CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS

       Default.

       The following sections are informative.

APPLICATION USAGE

       None.

EXAMPLES

              $ set a b c d e
              $ shift 2
              $ echo $*
              c d e

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       Special Built-In Utilities

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and  reproduced  in  electronic  form  from  IEEE  Std
       1003.1,  2003  Edition,  Standard  for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System
       Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003  by
       the  Institute  of  Electrical  and  Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
       event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE  and  The  Open  Group
       Standard,  the  original  IEEE  and  The  Open Group Standard is the referee document. The
       original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .