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shift not working
Post 302204243 by Nagapandi on Wednesday 11th of June 2008 04:21:59 AM
06-11-2008
Thx, as u asked here the code,
> cat DataCount.sh
#!/bin/sh
echo $1
echo $2
shift
echo $1
> ./DataCount.sh
./DataCount.sh: cannot shift
Pls, suggest.
-Naga
> cat DataCount.sh
#!/bin/sh
echo $1
echo $2
shift
echo $1
> ./DataCount.sh
./DataCount.sh: cannot shift
Pls, suggest.
-Naga
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