Advanced Batch Commands: Command Line Parameters

Starting from Windows NT 4, command line parameters can be retrieved in the following ways.

• %CmdCmdLine%
  Returns the entire command line as passed to CMD.EXE.  It leaves all delimiters intact, except, in Windows 2000 and later, leading spaces before the first argument.
• %*
Returns the remainder of the command line starting from the first argument.  It also leaves all delimiters intact, except, in Windows 2000 and later, leading spaces before the first argument.
• %~dn
Returns the drive letter of %n (n can range from 0 to 9) if %n is a valid path or file name (no UNC)
• %~pn
  Returns the directory of %n if %n is a valid path or file name (no UNC)
• %~nn
  Returns the file name only of %n if %n is a valid file name
• %~xn
  Returns the file extension only of %n if %n is a valid file name
• %~fn
Returns the fully qualified path of %n if %n is a valid file name or directory

To remove the leading space of %* included by NT 4 use the following commands:

    SET commandline=%*

    IF NOT CMDEXTVERSION 2 SET commandline=%commandline:~1%