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+</div> <!-- #EndLibraryItem --><h1> shift</h1>
+<span class="body">Shift positional parameters to the left by n.</span><br>
+<pre>Syntax
+ shift [<em>n</em>]
+
+Options
+
+ <em>n</em> : The number of parameters to shift (default = 1)</pre>
+<p> The positional parameters from <br>
+ n+1 ... $# <br>
+ are renamed to <br>
+ $1 ... $#-n+1<br>
+ <br>
+ Parameters represented by the numbers $# to n+1 are unset. <br>
+ <br>
+ n must be a positive number less than or equal to $#.<br>
+ <br>
+ The return status is zero unless n is greater than $# or less than zero. </p>
+<p>shift is a BOURNE shell command and a POSIX `special' builtin.</p>
+<p><em>&ldquo;Here lies Colonel Chinstrap, drowned, From the inside&rdquo; - Shifting sands, The Goon Show </em></p>
+<p><b>Related</b>:<br>
+ <br>
+ <a href="getopts.html">getopts</a> - Parse positional parameters<br>
+Equivalent Windows command:
+ <a href="../term_tools/nt/shift.html">SHIFT</a> - Shift parameters
+in a batch file</p>
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