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45.15 How to Unset all Command-Line Parameters

The shift (44.17) command "shifts away" one command-line parameter. You can shift three times if there are three command-line parameters. Many shells also can take an argument, like shift 3, that tells how many times to shift; on those shells, you can shift  $# (44.15)to unset all parameters.

The portable way to unset all command-line parameters is probably to set (44.19) a single dummy parameter, then shift it away:

set x
shift

Setting the single parameter wipes out whatever other parameters were set before.

- JP


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