=over =item unshift ARRAY,LIST X<unshift> Does the opposite of a C<shift>. Or the opposite of a C<push>, depending on how you look at it. Prepends list to the front of the array, and returns the new number of elements in the array. unshift(@ARGV, '-e') unless $ARGV[0] =~ /^-/; Note the LIST is prepended whole, not one element at a time, so the prepended elements stay in the same order. Use C<reverse> to do the reverse. =back