shift

Syntax
      shift [n]

Options

   n  : The number of parameters to shift (default = 1)

The positional parameters from
n+1 ... $#
are renamed to
$1 ... $#-n+1

Parameters represented by the numbers $# to n+1 are unset.

n must be a positive number less than or equal to $#.

The return status is zero unless n is greater than $# or less than zero.

This is a BASH shell builtin, to display your local syntax from the bash prompt type: help shift

Examples

POEM="Hope is the thing with feathers"

set -- $POEM

first=$1
shift
therest=$@

echo "first: $first"
echo "therest: $therest"

Output:

first: Hope
therest: is the thing with feathers

“Here lies Colonel Chinstrap, drowned, From the inside” ~ Shifting sands, The Goon Show

Related Linux commands

getopts - Parse positional parameters.
Equivalent Windows command: SHIFT - Shift parameters in a batch file.