Question

I normally come here if google doesnt work. So this time it goes like this:
In a function, i want to assign to a variable from the 4-th input parameter onward.
Example:

function foo {  
  var="$4$5$6..."   
  use var  
  commands using $1, etc  
}

So i think i cannot use shift, since i want to use $1 afterwards. I do not either want to use an extra var to store $1,$2,$3 and shift. So how should it work?

Answer 1

function foo {
    var=${@:4}
    # ...
}