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Microsoft DOS shift command

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About shift
Availability
Syntax
Examples

About shift

Changes the position of replaceable parameters in a batch program.

Availability

The shift command is an internal command that is available in the below Microsoft operating systems.

MS-DOS 3.00 and above
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows NT
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7

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 that 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

  • See batch file page for additional examples and uses of the choice command.


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