There is a shorter solution (one-liner) utilizing the tokenization capabilities of for loops:
:: all_but_first.bat
echo all: %*
for /f "tokens=1,* delims= " %%a in ("%*") do set ALL_BUT_FIRST=%%b
echo all but first: %ALL_BUT_FIRST%
output:
> all_but_first.bat foo bar baz
all: foo bar baz
all but first: bar baz
Footnote: Yes, this solution has issues. Same as pretty much anything written with batch files. It’s 2021. Use Powershell or literally any other actual scripting language.