I have written a .bat file in windows. Which launch these url in browser
do some other task
START
START
START But the one I wrote is static which execute all together.
I would like to make it accept input and execute that command based on input.
For example
input 1 launch only
input 2 launch only
input 3 launch only
input 4 do some other task or run a command
Also looking to open launch .bat file with associated keyboard shortcut.
if it matter I am gonna use this on Windows 10
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
43 Answers
Could be something like this:
@echo off
echo.
echo Please specify the first site you would like to open:
set /p "Input1=Site: "
START %Input1%
echo Please specify the second site you would like to open:
set /p "Input2=Site: "
START %Input2%
echo Please specify the third site you would like to open:
set /p "Input3=Site: "
START %Input3%
echo.
echo Please specify a command you would like to run:
set /p "Input4=Command: "
%Input4%
pauseSo after some search I was able to do this.
basically to accept input on .bat file you need this
set /P input="What you gonna do? "and then one can use this as a variable
@echo Hello %input%!To compare the input value, we can use IF statement and make it execute desired command
IF %input% == 1 cmd /k "yarn"
IF %input% == 2 cmd /k "yarn start"
IF %input% == 3 cmd /k "yarn dev"
IF %input% == 4 START
IF %input% == 5 START
IF %input% == 6 cmd /k "cd changefolder"
IF %input% == 7 call another.batFinal thing launching with keyboard-shortcutOne can not assign keyboard-shortcut to .bat file directly.
But you can assign to Shortcut. To do this
- Right Click on
.batfile and Click onCreate Shortcut
- Right Click on newly created Shortcut. Go to
Properties. Enter desired key as shortcut. Click Ok
Booom. you are good to go.
So mine whole .bat file looks like this
@echo off
cls && cd pathtosomefolder
set /P input="Which command, My lord? "
@echo Running %input%!
IF %input% == 1 cmd /k "yarn"
IF %input% == 2 cmd /k "yarn start"
IF %input% == 3 cmd /k "yarn dev"
IF %input% == 4 START
IF %input% == 5 START
IF %input% == 6 cmd /k "cd changefolder"
IF %input% == 7 call another.bat// Edit
Some option to check input and run your command:
@echo off & setlocal
cd /d "D:\PathToSomeFolder"
title <nul & title ..\%~nx0
%:^)
set "_input=" & cls & echo/
echo/ Here are your command options:
echo/ & type "%~f0"|findstr /b .Option
for /f %%i in ('echo\prompt;$h^|cmd')do set "_bs=%%~i"
set /p "_opts= %_bs% What you gonna do? " || goto %:^)
echo=%_opts%|2>nul findstr /be [1-7] >nul || goto %:^)
for /f ^usebackq^tokens^=2^delims^=^= %%i in (`^<con: ^<nul ^
type "%~dpnx0"^|findstr /b .Option.%_opts%`)do <con: call %%~i
endlocal && goto :eof Option 1 = cmd /c "yarn" Option 2 = cmd /c "yarn dev" Option 3 = cmd /c "yarn start" Option 4 = cd /d "changefolder" Option 5 = start "" "" Option 6 = start "" "" Option 7 = cmd /c "call another.bat"Obs.: Use spaceOption 1 = command
Edit //
You can use one loop from 1 to 5 to define your input with set /p and use the if condition to check if you were going to use explorer to open the folder, start your browser or run your command...
@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
:reset_cmd
set "_arg=" & cls
for /l %%L in (1,1,5)do set "_input="
for /l %%L in (1,1,5)do set "_arg=%%~L" && <con: ^ set /p "_input%%~L=Enter input %%~L: " || <nul ^ goto :reset_cmd
for /l %%L in (1,1,!_arg!)do ( if /i "!_input%%~L:~0,4!" == "yarn" ( <con: rem./ & !_input%%~L! )else if /i "!_input%%~L:~0,4!" == "www." ( start "" /b chrome.exe --new-tab "!_input%%~L!" )else if exist "!_input%%~L!\." ( <con: explorer "!_input%%~L!\." )else !_input%%~L! )
endlocal && goto :eof
