A Bash script to strip last N elements

gistfile1.txt

#!/bin/bash

strip_last_n()
{
    n="$1"
    shift
    if [ "$n" -ge "$#" ]; then
        return
    else
        len="$(($# - n))"
        echo "${@:1:$len}"
    fi
}

array=(0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9)

for i in {1..10}; do
    echo "strip last $i"
    strip_last_n "$i" "${array[@]}"
done