I want to open a new shell and pass a command for it to execute in a single line of code from the windows cmd window. What is the easiest way to accomplish this?
For example I have a cmd shell and I want to execute:
C:\app\cmd.exe THEN "run_app.exe argument1"
cmd /c run_app.exe argument
to close after executing or
cmd /k run_app.exe argument
to keep open after executing.
If in doubt, use full paths to your executable:
cmd /c c:\path\to\run_app.exe argument
To run several commands one after another, use chaining:
cmd /k run_app.exe argument & second.exe & third.exe
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I want to understand how I can run 2 .bat commands in a shortcut.
This are the 2 commands:
cd my_programm\startscripts\windows
start designer.cmd
How do I have to convert these commands to run from a shortcut?
I know I can run cmd with it:
%windir%\system32\cmd.exe /c "" ...
/c to execute the commands and then close the command line
"" to start in the current directory, because I use a relative path
But how do I have to write the two commands to use them as start parameters?
os.execute("start cmd /k cd C:/path/to/js/file/node index.js")
os.execute("start cmd /k cd C:/path/to/js/file/ & node index.js")
I need to execute a node.js script.
This does not work. Help me please!
You need to enclose the whole sequence of commands in quotes:
os.execute('start cmd /k "cd C:/path/to/js/file/ & node index.js"')
If the first command is cd you can move it into start /D option as Mofi pointed out.
This seems like it should be ridiculously simple but I cannot find the answer online or in these forums.
I want to run a command from a batch file, leave the command window open and end at a particular file location.
I can't seem to get both to happen in the same window. This is for a script to run an automated task everytime and leave the window open to run a 2nd task that has a variable input.
start cmd /k c:\users\test\desktop\dmiwtool1.1\win64\dmiwtoolx64.exe & cd c:\users\test\desktop\dmiwtool1.1\win64\
If I run either by itself, they work (runs the exe, ends at /desktop prompt), but in this sequence only the first runs.
this works here:
#ECHO OFF
START /b "" "path\program.exe" "parameter"
CD %UserProfile%\Desktop
Do not use setlocal in your Batch or put endlocal in the line before the CD command.
This should work:
start cmd /k "c:\users\test\desktop\dmiwtool1.1\win64\dmiwtoolx64.exe & cd c:\users\test\desktop\dmiwtool1.1\win64\"
If you leave out the quote marks, the start command and the cd command are run separately.
I am trying to run a .cmd file on a remote server with PowerShell.
In my .ps1 script I have tried this:
C:\MyDirectory\MyCommand.cmd
It results in this error:
C:\MyDirectory\MyCommand.cmd is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet,
function, script file, or operable program.
And this
Invoke-Command C:\MyDirectory\MyCommand.cmd
results in this error:
Invoke-Command : Parameter set cannot be resolved using the specified named
parameters.
I do not need to pass any parameters to the PowerShell script. What is the correct syntax that I am looking for?
Invoke-Item will look up the default handler for the file type and tell it to run it.
It's basically the same as double-clicking the file in Explorer, or using start.exe.
Go to C:\MyDirectory and try this:
.\MyCommand.cmd
Try invoking cmd /c C:\MyDirectory\MyCommand.cmd – that should work.
To run or convert batch files to PowerShell (particularly if you wish to sign all your scheduled task scripts with a certificate) I simply create a PowerShell script, for example, deletefolders.ps1.
Input the following into the script:
cmd.exe /c "rd /s /q C:\#TEMP\test1"
cmd.exe /c "rd /s /q C:\#TEMP\test2"
cmd.exe /c "rd /s /q C:\#TEMP\test3"
*Each command needs to be put on a new line, calling cmd.exe again.
This script can now be signed and run from PowerShell outputting the commands to command prompt / cmd directly.
It is a much safer way than running batch files!
First you can reach till that folder:
cd 'C:\MyDirectory'
and then use:
./MyCommand.cmd
I know using External Tools options i can run a batch script or a cmd prompt. But here is what i need to do
I want to be able to call a dos prompt inside visual studio, which must be interactive. That way i won't be outside visual studio and can run all my dos commands in it. Is it possible? Or can i extend the command window and capture the commands which are typed and process them using my custom code?
Thanks
There's the Tools.Shell command which may work for you. You use the /c switch to specify that the output for the executable is displayed in the Command window. Then you call cmd.exe with /C switch which instructs it to close after finishing the command. For example if you type:
Tools.Shell /c cmd.exe /C dir C:
This will print the output to the Command window. Unfortunately, unlike the output, the input doesn't work. So if you type:
Tools.Shell /c cmd.exe /C pause
The prompt will not wait for your input (pressing a key).
If that's OK for you, you can even define an alias for most of this. For example you define alias sh for Tools.Shell /c cmd.exe /C:
alias sh Tools.Shell /c cmd.exe /C
Then you simply use it as follows:
sh dir c:
If you install NuGet, then it adds Package Manager Console to Visual Studio which is essentially a Powershell command prompt. There should be ways of doing most DOS stuff via Powershell and heaps more functionality as well.
Not exactly what you are asking for, but I think you could manage to achieve your goal with StudioShell:
http://studioshell.codeplex.com/
Have to admit that I did not use it so far but it looks very interesting.