batch parameters: everything after %1

Question

Duplicate:

• Is there a way to indicate the last n parameters in a batch file?
• how to get batch file parameters from Nth position on?

Answer 1

There is a shorter solution (one-liner) utilizing the tokenization capabilities of for loops:

:: all_but_first.bat
echo all: %*
for /f "tokens=1,* delims= " %%a in ("%*") do set ALL_BUT_FIRST=%%b
echo all but first: %ALL_BUT_FIRST%

output:

> all_but_first.bat foo bar baz
all: foo bar baz
all but first: bar baz