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cookiechicken32
cookiechicken32

Reputation: 125

Windows Batch - Remove first word from a string

I am trying to remove the first word from a string in batch.

Example: "this kid loves batch" to "kid loves batch"

I have tried:

@echo off
set /p text=text: 
for /f "tokens=1,*" %%a in ("%text%") do set updated=%%a
echo %updated%
pause

It just outputs the first word, and does not delete the first word.

How can I make it delete the first word, and keep the rest of the string?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 4591

Answers (2)

SomethingDark
SomethingDark

Reputation: 14305

When you use "tokens=1,*" with the default delimiter in a for loop where the variable is %%a, everything to the left of the first whitespace character is stored in %%a, while everything else is stored in %%b.

To get everything after the first word, simply change set updated=%%a to set updated=%%b

@echo off
set /p text=text: 
for /f "tokens=1,*" %%a in ("%text%") do set updated=%%b
echo %updated%
pause

Upvotes: 2

Compo
Compo

Reputation: 38623

You can do it without the for loop too:

@Echo Off
Set/P "text=text: "
Set "updated=%text:* =%"
Echo(%updated%
Timeout -1

Upvotes: 4

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