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Asked: 2026-05-11T15:57:58+00:00

In the following example, I want to call a child batch file from a

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In the following example, I want to call a child batch file from a parent batch file and pass all of the remaining parameters to the child.

C:\> parent.cmd child1 foo bar C:\> parent.cmd child2 baz zoop C:\> parent.cmd child3 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Inside parent.cmd, I need to strip %1 off the list of parameters and only pass the remaining parameters to the child script.

set CMD=%1 %CMD% <WHAT DO I PUT HERE>

I’ve investigated using SHIFT with %*, but that doesn’t work. While SHIFT will move the positional parameters down by 1, %* still refers to the original parameters.

Anyone have any ideas? Should I just give up and install Linux?

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  1. %* will always expand to all original parameters, sadly. But you can use the following snippet of code to build a variable containing all but the first parameter:

    rem throw the first parameter away shift set params=%1 :loop shift if [%1]==[] goto afterloop set params=%params% %1 goto loop :afterloop

    I think it can be done shorter, though … I don’t write these sort of things very often 🙂

    Should work, though.

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