call the following script with different numbers of arguments:

script.sh a b c d
script.sh "a b" c d e f g h
etc.

#! /bin/ksh

typeset    chArg1=""     # a normal variable

print - "The number of commandline arguments was: $#"
print - "all arguments: $*"

chArg1="$1"             # store the first argument in chArg1

print - "you can transfer the arguments to normal variables:"
print - "the first argument directly: $1"
print - "and here the content of chArg1: $chArg1"

print - "we now see the shift-command in action"

while [ $# -gt 0 ] ; do
     print - "Next argument..: $1"
     print - "all arguments...: $*"
     print - "Nr of arguments.: $#"
     print - "------------"
     shift
done

exit 0