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Syntax
Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME syntax
Changes the position of replaceable parameters in a batch file.
SHIFT
Windows 2000 and Windows XP syntax
Changes the position of replaceable parameters in a batch file.
SHIFT [/n]
If Command Extensions are enabled the SHIFT command supports
the /n switch which tells the command to start shifting at the nth argument, where n may be between zero and eight. For example:
SHIFT /2
would shift %3 to %2, %4 to %3, etc. and leave %0 and %1 unaffected.
Examples
The below example would be done in a batch
file; in this example we are naming the batch file test.bat and it
contains the below lines.
@ECHO OFF
ECHO - %1
SHIFT
ECHO - %1
After creating the above example test.bat file,
if you were to type the below command at the MS-DOS prompt, it
would print "- ONE" and then "- TWO"; this
command is commonly used to work through each of the command
extensions or remove command extensions.
TEST ONE TWO
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