Re: shift @ARGV not working

[blue_cowdawg]

#!/usr/bin/perl -w 
use strict;

foreach my $i(0..$#ARGV){
        printf "\$ARGV[%d] = \"%s\"\n",$i,$ARGV[$i];
}

while(my $arg=shift @ARGV){
        printf "%s\n",$arg;
}

#
# -------------- 8< snip! 8<-------------
$ ./shifty.pl a b c d e f g
$ARGV[0] = "a"
$ARGV[1] = "b"
$ARGV[2] = "c"
$ARGV[3] = "d"
$ARGV[4] = "e"
$ARGV[5] = "f"
$ARGV[6] = "g"
a
b
c
d
e
f
g

I think the issue you are a having is you didn't shift prior to setting $argument.