@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

REM This script shifts the first argument and calls a command with the remaining arguments

REM Display the original arguments
echo Original arguments: %*

REM Shift the first argument
shift

REM Display the shifted arguments
set "shifted_args="
:loop
if "%~1"=="" goto endloop
set "shifted_args=!shifted_args! %1"
shift
goto loop
:endloop

REM Trim leading space from shifted_args
set "shifted_args=%shifted_args:~1%"

echo Shifted arguments: %shifted_args%

REM Call a command with the remaining arguments
REM For demonstration, we'll use "echo" as the command, but you can replace it with any command you need
echo Calling command with remaining arguments...
call echo %shifted_args%

REM Uncomment the following line to call a different command with the remaining arguments
REM call your_command %shifted_args%

endlocal

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

:: Check if at least one argument is provided
if "%~1"=="" (
    echo Usage: %~nx0 ^<num_shifts^> ^<command^> [args...]
    echo Example: %~nx0 2 dir /s /w "c:\Program Files"
    exit /b 1
)

:: Get the number of shifts
set "NUM_SHIFTS=%~1"
shift

:: Validate that the first argument is a number
for /f "delims=0123456789" %%i in ("!NUM_SHIFTS!") do (
    if defined NUM_SHIFTS (
        echo Error: First argument must be a number
        exit /b 1
    )
)

:: Check if we have a command after shifting
if "%~1"=="" (
    echo Error: No command specified after shift count
    exit /b 1
)

:: Store the command (unquoted)
set "COMMAND=%~1"
shift

:: Perform the specified number of additional shifts (NUM_SHIFTS - 1, since we already shifted once for the command)
set /a "remaining_shifts=!NUM_SHIFTS! - 1"
set "counter=0"
:do_shifts
if !counter! lss !remaining_shifts! (
    if "%~1"=="" (
        echo Warning: Not enough arguments to shift by !NUM_SHIFTS! positions
        goto execute_command
    )
    shift
    set /a "counter+=1"
    goto do_shifts
)

:execute_command
:: Build the shifted argument string manually
set "SHIFTED_ARGS="
:collect_args
if "%~1"=="" goto run_command
:: Add the current argument with its quotes preserved
set "SHIFTED_ARGS=!SHIFTED_ARGS! %1"
shift
goto collect_args

:run_command
:: Remove leading space from SHIFTED_ARGS if any
if defined SHIFTED_ARGS set "SHIFTED_ARGS=!SHIFTED_ARGS:~1!"

:: Execute the command with the shifted arguments
if defined SHIFTED_ARGS (
    echo Executing: !COMMAND! !SHIFTED_ARGS!
    !COMMAND! !SHIFTED_ARGS!
) else (
    echo Executing: !COMMAND!
    !COMMAND!
)

endlocal