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Replace "Bash" with "Shell" (#10301)
The shift command is defined in the POSIX standard. It is not a Bash built-in command. Saying this implies that it's Bash-only, which is not true.

More info here:
https://manned.org/shift.1p
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shift

Shell built-in command that shifts the arguments passed to the calling function or script by a specified number of places. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-shift.

  • Move arguments by one place dropping the first argument:

shift

  • Move arguments by N places dropping the first N arguments:

shift {{N}}