This might be very basic but I cannot find the answer in the internet.
I have a cmd/bat file with 3 basics lines to set the working directory as the one of the current folder.Once I run it, I get the CMD window, and I type specific commands (example : "start notepad").
%~d1
cd "%~p1"
call cmd
What should I write within the cmd. or bat. file so the "start notepad" will be already launched as command?
Thank you very much
There are a couple of ways you can achieve this.
You can open notepad directly with the start command and then run cmd, like this:
#echo off
%~d1
cd "%~p1"
start "" notepad
call cmd
You can also include the notepad start command directly in the cmd call, like this:
#echo off
%~d1
cd "%~p1"
call cmd /k start "" notepad
Note that there is a "" after start because start considers the first set of quotes that it encounters to be the window's title.
Try this:
#echo off
Command.Com
When you'll open this batch file it will open up CMD where you can start typing commands like start notepad etc...I think this was what you was looking for?
Related
I am running a .bat file on my windows pc.
what I am trying to do is have several commands run when .bat file opens.
I also want enable the cmd prompt window to stay open when the .bat file is run.
In order to keep the .bat open when I used cmd /k at the start of my .bat file.
this seem to enable the window to stay open. Then I want to run my commands, however, the first command is the only one that seems to run. my set up is as follows:
cmd /k
echo a
echo b
echo c
the cmd prints a no problem but does not print the others.
i have tried adding & and && to no avail.
I am creating my .bat from a .txt file and saving it with the .bat extension.
any ideas how i can get the remaining echo b and echo c commands to run?
Why not just change the order?
#Echo a
#Echo b
#Echo c
#%SystemRoot%\System32\cmd.exe /D /K
…which in your less robust syntax, would look like this:
echo a
echo b
echo c
cmd /k
I have a bat file that I would like to open another bat file minimized from the desktop. I tried doing this:
#echo off
start /min "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\coolkids.bat"
exit
But it just opened up a blank command prompt, even though "coolkids.bat" has commands in it.
I have a windows 10 PC
The first quoted argument of start is taken to be the caption of the new window. Try the following instead, and check start /? for the full syntax.
start /min "" "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\coolkids.bat"
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?
Put pause at the end of your .BAT file.
Depending on how you are running the command, you can put /k after cmd to keep the window open.
cmd /k my_script.bat
Simply adding cmd /k to the end of your batch file will work too. Credit to Luigi D'Amico who posted about this in the comments below.
Just add #pause at the end.
Example:
#echo off
ipconfig
#pause
Or you can also use:
cmd /k ipconfig
When the .bat file is started not from within the command line (e.g. double-clicking).
echo The echoed text
#pause
echo The echoed text
pause
echo The echoed text
cmd /k
echo The echoed text & pause
Adding pause in (Windows 7) to the end did not work for me
but adding the cmd /k in front of my command did work.
Example :
cmd /k gradlew cleanEclipse
start cmd /k did the magic for me. I actually used it for preparing cordova phonegap app it runs the command, shows the result and waits for the user to close it. Below is the simple example
start cmd /k echo Hello, World!
What I did use in my case
start cmd /k cordova prepare
Update
You could even have a title for this by using
start "My Title" echo Hello, World!
If you are starting the script within the command line, then add exit /b to keep CMD opened
In Windows add '& Pause' to the end of your command in the file.
I was also confused as to why we're adding a cmd at the beginning and I was wondering if I had to open the command prompt first.
What you need to do is type the full command along with cmd /k. For example assume your batch file name is "my_command.bat" which runs the command javac my_code.java then the code in your batch file should be:
cmd /k javac my_code.java
So basically there is no need to open command prompt at the current folder and type the above command but you can save this code directly in your batch file and execute it directly.
javac -d C:\xxx\lib\ -classpath C:\xxx\lib\ *.java
cmd cd C:\xxx\yourbat.bat
the second command make your cmd window not be closed.
The important thing is you still able to input new command
As a sidenote this also works when running a command directly from the search bar in windows.
e.g. directly running ipconfig will directly close the cmd window after the command has exited.
Using cmd \k <command> won't - which was what i was trying to do when i found this answer.
It has the added advantage of always recognizing the command you're trying to run. E.g. running echo hello world from the searchbar won't work because that is not a command, however cmd \k echo hello world works just fine.
I want to write a batch file that will do following things in given order:
Open cmd
Run cmd command cd c:\Program files\IIS Express
Run cmd command iisexpress /path:"C:\FormsAdmin.Site" /port:8088 /clr:v2.0
Open Internet Explorer 8 with URL= http://localhost:8088/default.aspx
Note: The cmd window should not be closed after executing the commands.
I tried start cmd.exe /k "cd\ & cd ProgramFiles\IIS Express", but it is not solving my purpose.
So, make an actual batch file: open up notepad, type the commands you want to run, and save as a .bat file. Then double click the .bat file to run it.
Try something like this for a start:
c:\
cd c:\Program files\IIS Express
start iisexpress /path:"C:\FormsAdmin.Site" /port:8088 /clr:v2.0
start http://localhost:8088/default.aspx
pause
I think the correct syntax is:
cmd /k "cd c:\<folder name>"
This fixes some issues with Blorgbeard's answer (but is untested):
#echo off
cd /d "c:\Program files\IIS Express"
start "" iisexpress /path:"C:\FormsAdmin.Site" /port:8088 /clr:v2.0
timeout 10
start http://localhost:8088/default.aspx
pause
cmd /c "command" syntax works well. Also, if you want to include an executable that contains a space in the path, you will need two sets of quotes.
cmd /c ""path to executable""
and if your executable needs a file input with a space in the path a another set
cmd /c ""path to executable" -f "path to file""
#echo off
title Command Executer
color 1b
echo Command Executer by: YourNameHere
echo #################################
: execute
echo Please Type A Command Here:
set /p cmd=Command:
%cmd%
goto execute
start cmd /k "your cmd command1"
start cmd /k "your cmd command2"
It works in Windows server2012 while I use these command in one batch file.
cmd /k cd c:\
is the right answer
I was trying to run a couple of batch files parallely at startup, if a condition was true.
For this I made a parent batch file which should have checked for the condition and invoke the other child batch files if the condition was true.
I tried to achieve it via START but it gave me an empty black command prompt running in the directory of children batch files, instead of running the children batch files themselves
The thing which worked for me was by using a combination of START and CALL
As an example
condition ...
start call "C:\Users\Amd\conn\wsl_setup - conn1.bat"
start call "C:\Users\Amd\conn\wsl_setup - conn2.bat"
start call "C:\Users\Amd\conn\wsl_setup - conn3.bat"
I know DOS and cmd prompt DOES NOT LIKE spaces in folder names. Your code starts with
cd c:\Program files\IIS Express
and it's trying to go to c:\Program in stead of C:\"Program Files"
Change the folder name and *.exe name. Hope this helps
I'd like a .bat file which is stored on the desktop to perform 2 simple tasks:
1. Start cmd.exe
2. Change directory to c:\executionsdktest_10.2.2
I have:
#echo off
start cmd.exe \k
cdsdad c:\ExecutionSDKTest_10.2.2
But when I double click the .bat file, this starts cmd.exe but cd to c:\users\qestester\desktop. ANy ideas?
You can use
cmd /k "cd /d c:\ExecutionSDKTest_10.2.2"
And you wouldn't need a batch file for that. This can be put in a normal shortcut.
And if you have a normal shortcut you can just specify its working directory and run cmd directly without any arguments.
This worked for me:
start cmd.exe #cmd /k "cd /d C:\Users\Michael && node test.js"
What I needed ... was from a localhost page served in PHP, open a terminal, change directory, and start a node script. Achieved like this:
pclose(popen("start /B ". $cmd, "r"));
.. where $cmd is the first string above.
start cmd.exe /k "C: && cd \ExecutionSDKTest_10.2.2"
I wanted to:
open a command prompt
change directory (go to another directory)
run a command from there
solution that worked for me:
#echo off
d:
cd\Path\to\wherever
my command
Notes:
the d: after #echo off tells that the path is on the D drive. Write a c instead of the d and You will be on drive C.
third line starts with the mandatory cd, after which starts the path, with a preceding \.
my command can be anything you want, and can contain more that one word (or only one). I used it to run jupyter notebook.