german@Debian:~$ array[0]="hola" german@Debian:~$ array[1]="Mundo" german@Debian:~$ array[2]="Gnome" german@Debian:~$ array[3]="sucks" german@Debian:~$ mifuncion(){ shift; shift; for i in $@ ; do echo $i; done; } german@Debian:~$ mifuncion ${array[@]} Gnome sucks german@Debian:~$