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176} How to get the rest of the command line parameters?
The solution already is embedded in some other problem solutions in
this FAQ collection. However, it is given here as a separate item to
focus on the current question only. You may also wish to see e.g.
item #40.
@echo off & setlocal enableextensions
for /f "tokens=
1*"
%%a in ('echo
.%*') do set rest_=
%%b
echo rest_=%rest_%
endlocal & goto :EOF
The output could be e.g.
C:\_M>C:\_D\TEST\CMDFAQ.CMD 1 2 "3 & 3.5" 4
rest_=2 "3 & 3.5" 4
or
C:\_M>C:\_D\TEST\CMDFAQ.CMD 1
rest_=
The
echo.
prevents confusion in the latter output example.
an aside note in the demonstration below how a
shift command has no effect on the
%* modifier that represents all the
arguments passed to the script.
@echo off & setlocal enableextensions
shift
rem This is not affected
for /f "tokens=1*" %%a in ('echo.
%*') do set rest_=%%b
echo rest_=%rest_%
rem This is affected
echo %%~2="%~2"
endlocal & goto :EOF
The output could be e.g.
C:\_M>C:\_D\TEST\CMDFAQ.CMD 1 2 "3 & 3.5" 4
rest_=2 "3 & 3.5" 4
%~2="3 & 3.5"
Assorted NT/2000/XP/.. CMD.EXE Script Tricks
