I have a bat file like this: ipconfig That will print out the IP info to the screen, but before the user can read that info CMD closes itself. I believe that CMD assumes the script has finished, so it closes. How do I keep CMD open after the script is finished? 11 Answers 11
How can I use spaces in the Windows Command Line? cmd /C C:\Program Files (x86)\WinRar\Rar.exe a D:\Hello 2\File.rar D:\Hello 2\*.* 11 Answers 11
In a batch file, I have a string abcdefg. I want to check if bcd is in the string. Unfortunately it seems all of the solutions I’m finding search a file for a substring, not a string for a substring. Is there an easy solution for this? 12 Answers 12
What is the Windows batch equivalent of the Linux shell command echo -n which suppresses the newline at the end of the output? The idea is to write on the same line inside a loop. 20 Answers 20
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Stack Overflow. Closed 9 years ago. Improve this question I can understand cmd but not cmd /c. I was trying to invoke a java program from the current for which I use … Read more
Can somebody remember what was the command to create an empty file in MSDOS using BAT file? 13 Answers 13
I need to test if a variable is set or not. I’ve tried several techniques but they seem to fail whenever %1 is surrounded by quotes such as the case when %1 is “c:\some path with spaces”. IF NOT %1 GOTO MyLabel // This is invalid syntax IF “%1” == “” GOTO MyLabel // Works … Read more
On a windows machine I get this error ‘touch’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. I was following these instructions which seem to be linux specific, but on a standard windows commandline it does not work like this: touch index.html app.js style.css Is there a windows equivalent … Read more
How do you iterate over each file in a directory with a .bat or .cmd file? For simplicity please provide an answer that just echoes the filename or file path. 6 Answers 6
I am using Visual Studio Code on my Windows 10 PC. I want to change my default terminal from Windows PowerShell to Bash on Ubuntu (on Windows). How can I do that? 10 Answers 10
