How can I pass arguments to a batch file?

Question

I need to pass an ID and a password to a batch file at the time of running rather than hardcoding them into the file.

Here's what the command line looks like:

test.cmd admin P@55w0rd > test-log.txt 

Answer 1

Another useful tip is to use %* to mean "all". For example:

echo off set arg1=%1 set arg2=%2 shift shift fake-command /u %arg1% /p %arg2% %* 

When you run:

test-command admin password foo bar 

the above batch file will run:

fake-command /u admin /p password admin password foo bar 

I may have the syntax slightly wrong, but this is the general idea.