perl -E "@ar=(1..$ARGV[0]);foreach(@ar){shift @ar;}print qq(@ar\n)" 4 3 4 perl -E "@ar=(1..$ARGV[0]);foreach(@ar){shift @ar;}print qq(@ar\n)" 10 6 7 8 9 10 perl -E "@ar=(1..$ARGV[0]);foreach(@ar){shift @ar;}print qq(@ar\n)" 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20