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1.1       root        1: .th SHIFT I 8/21/73
                      2: .sh NAME
                      3: shift \*- adjust Shell arguments
                      4: .sh SYNOPSIS
                      5: .bd shift
                      6: .sh DESCRIPTION
                      7: .it Shift
                      8: is used in Shell command files to shift the
                      9: argument list left by 1,
                     10: so that old
                     11: .bd $2
                     12: can now be referred to by
                     13: .bd $1
                     14: and so forth.
                     15: .it Shift
                     16: is useful to iterate over several arguments
                     17: to a command file.
                     18: For example, the command file
                     19: .s3
                     20: .lp +5 0
                     21: : loop
                     22: .br
                     23: if $1x = x exit
                     24: .br
                     25: pr \*-3 $1
                     26: .br
                     27: shift
                     28: .br
                     29: goto loop
                     30: .s3
                     31: .i0
                     32: prints each of its arguments in 3-column format.
                     33: .s3
                     34: .it Shift
                     35: is executed within the Shell.
                     36: .sh "SEE ALSO"
                     37: sh (I)
                     38: .sh BUGS

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