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When/why used the "shift" command
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Hi
I think my code posted in thread822-1386700 is a good example.
Personally I almost always use [tt]while[/tt] and [tt]shift[/tt] instead of [tt]for[/tt]. But if your shell has a [tt]getopts[/tt] built-in function, is better to use that.
I do not understand your example with the 7th parameter, but so far looks pointless to use [tt]shift[/tt].
It could be absolutely necessary if the given shell can only refer directly to the first 9 parameters. But I do not think this is actually the case of any recent shell version.
Feherke.
I think my code posted in thread822-1386700 is a good example.
Personally I almost always use [tt]while[/tt] and [tt]shift[/tt] instead of [tt]for[/tt]. But if your shell has a [tt]getopts[/tt] built-in function, is better to use that.
I do not understand your example with the 7th parameter, but so far looks pointless to use [tt]shift[/tt].
It could be absolutely necessary if the given shell can only refer directly to the first 9 parameters. But I do not think this is actually the case of any recent shell version.
Feherke.
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