diff --git a/sorting/shell.py b/sorting/shell.py
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+def shellSort(input_list):
+    
+    gap = len(input_list) // 2
+    while gap > 0:
+
+        for i in range(gap, len(input_list)):
+            temp = input_list[i]
+            j = i
+
+
+            while j >= gap and input_list[j - gap] > temp:
+                input_list[j] = input_list[j - gap]
+                j = j-gap
+            input_list[j] = temp
+
+
+        gap = gap//2
+
+list =list(map(int,input().split()))
+shellSort(list)
+print(list)
+