batch-file Archives - Page 7 of 8

How do I get current date/time on the Windows command line in a suitable format for usage in a file/folder name?

Update: Now that it’s 2016 I’d use PowerShell for this unless there’s a really compelling backwards-compatible reason for it, particularly because of the ...

April 30, 2022
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What is the current directory in a batch file?

I want to create a few batch files to automate a program. My question is when I create the batch file, what is ...

April 30, 2022
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How to prevent auto-closing of console after the execution of batch file

What command can I put at the end of a batch file to prevent auto-closing of the console after the execution of the ...

April 29, 2022
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How do I shutdown, restart, or log off Windows via a bat file?

I’ve been using Remote Desktop Connection to get into a workstation. But in this environment, I cannot use the power options in Start ...

April 28, 2022
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Batch file to delete files older than N days

I am looking for a way to delete all files older than 7 days in a batch file. I’ve searched around the web, ...

April 26, 2022
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How can I echo a newline in a batch file?

How can you you insert a newline from your batch file output? I want to do something like: echo hello\nworld Which would output: ...

April 25, 2022
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How to run multiple .BAT files within a .BAT file

I’m trying to get my commit-build.bat to execute other .BAT files as part of our build process. Content of commit-build.bat: "msbuild.bat" "unit-tests.bat" "deploy.bat" ...

April 21, 2022
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How to sleep for five seconds in a batch file/cmd [duplicate]

This question already has answers here: How to wait in a batch script? [duplicate] (6 answers) Closed 4 years ago. Windows’s Snipping tool ...

April 21, 2022
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Windows batch files: .bat vs .cmd?

As I understand it, .bat is the old 16-bit naming convention, and .cmd is for 32-bit Windows, i.e., starting with NT. But I ...

April 20, 2022
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Split long commands in multiple lines through Windows batch file

How can I split long commands over multiple lines in a batch file? 7 s 7 You can break up long lines with ...

April 18, 2022
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