Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 19:05:56 -0400 From: Chet Ramey <chet.ra...@case.edu> Message-ID: <6973cbca-28bd-5a20-4966-1d8251e95...@case.edu>
| If you want to be sure to shift out all existing parameters, use | `shift $#'. If you want something else, you can add logic to cap the | argument passed to `shift' at $#. I agree. Except "set --" is less work all around than "shift $#" In general: [ "$ARG" -lt "$#" ] && shift "$ARG" || set -- kre