$EPIC: shift_command.txt,v 1.2 2007/03/02 02:32:04 jnelson Exp $
======Synopsis:======
[[shift]] <variable name>

======Description:======
The [[shift]] command calls the [[shift function]] and throws away the
return value.

The command takes a variable name, and removes the first 
[[what is a word|word]] from it and assigns the result back to the variable.

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