.\" $OpenBSD: basic.in,v 1.1 2018/08/23 14:16:12 schwarze Exp $
.TH SHIFT_BASIC 1 "August 23, 2018"
.SH NAME
.B shift-basic
\(en the shift request
.SH DESCRIPTION
.de showargs
original arguments:
.BI \\$@
.PP
.shift 2
after shift 2:
.BI \\$@
.PP
.shift
after shift without argument:
.BI \\$@
.PP
.shift 0
after shift 0:
.BI \\$@
..
.de useargs
<\\$*>
..
.showargs one two three four five
.PP
expand to less than three bytes:
.useargs 1
.PP
expand to exactly three bytes:
.useargs x y
.PP
expand to more than three bytes:
.useargs "a longer argument..." "and another"