Is there any way to tell DOORS to use the current command prompt window as the interactive window when executing in batch mode?
For example, if I have hello.dxl which looks like
print("Hello world")
and Run.bat which looks like
"C:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\DOORS\9.6\bin\doors.exe" -u test -pass testPass -b hello.dxl -W
It currently opens a new window, prints "Hello World" and then closes the window (it closes it because of the -W). Is there any way to redirect this output to the command prompt window that was opened to run the batch file?
There is no console variant of doors.exe and as far as I know there is no possibility to give a sort of handle to a specific prompt window and use e.g. OLE Automation to print to this window, so, basically, no, it's not possible.
A workaround that we use for this requirement is to have a batch file which
generates the name to a temporary file ,
passes this file to DOORS as a parameter (using environment variables)
make DOORS/DXL cout to this file
after the DXL has finished, type the content of the temporary file in the calling batch and optionally delete it.
PS: according to https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/question/0D50z00006HIM4oCAH/doors-print-redirect-tutorial-for-print-cout-and-logfiles it apparently used to be possible to redirect STDOUT/STDERR to a specific file, but not in recent DOORS versions.
I am using Windows 7
How can i run an input file (text file of commands) in an exe progam in CMD please.
Using other questions on the site, i have tried:
CMD /c ""C:/Program Files/Mplus/Mpluswin.exe" "C:/Users/jj/Desktop/mplus/test_mplus.inp""
which opens the input file in the program but does not run it
and this, which opens the program, but not the script
CMD /c "C:/Program Files/Mplus/Mpluswin.exe" < "C:/Users/jj/Desktop/mplus/test_mplus.inp"
Does this depend on the exe program?
Edit:
At present, the first command above launches the exe program and opens the text file within it (this is a file of program specific commands that will read in data, run calculations and output automatically). I can then run the commands in the exe program that has been opened (by selecting run in a menu) . But, I would like to pass the file to the exe program and it to be run automatically, ideally in the background. I am not sure of the correct terminology to use, so sorry if my description is unclear.
I've just noticed that you enclosed the entire term in an extra set of double quotes, and used linux forward slashes - try this batch file and also see if there is any error message on the console.
#echo off
cd /d "%userprofile%\Desktop\mplus"
"C:\Program Files\Mplus\Mpluswin.exe" "test_mplus.inp"
echo mplus was launched
pause
I run batch files and they exit immediately. I dont want that to happen so that i can see my output. Can someone tell me how to make this happen ?
I use windows 7.
Put this on the very last line of the Batch:
cmd /k
Adding pause is a good answer. Here are some other ways as well..
Rather than double-clicking on them to execute you can run from a command line:
Press the windows key + r (this opens the "run" window)
Type: cmd into the text input and press enter (or click ok)
Change to the directory that contains the batch file, e.g: cd c:\scripts\foo
Execute the batch file by typing it's name and pressing enter, e.g: somename.bat
If there is a lot of output and it scrolls off the screen you can direct the output to a text file instead like so:
somename.bat > output_filename.txt
Then you can open the 'output_filename.txt' file in any text editor to view/search all of the output. This is better than pause when there more output than what is available in the scrollback.
Add the pause command at the end of your batch file. This waits for you to key something in.
(The nice thing is that if you're running the batch file from a non-interactive process, such as a automated build system or scheduled task, the pause is simply skipped.)
The help message for pause is:
C:\>help pause
Suspends processing of a batch program and displays the message
Press any key to continue . . .
If there is lots of output and you can't scroll far enough back, adjust the screen buffer height of the command window. This can be done via right-click on the c:\ icon go to properties -> layout:
[Context: I'm trying to create a shortcut to a .bat file with a relative "Start in" path as roughly described here and here.]
cmd.exe supports the /c switch. According to the documentation, this should cause it to "carry out the command and then terminate."
But the switch seems to be ignored when the command is a .bat file.
For example, if you create a shortcut with the following Target (to a normal, non-bat command):
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "START /d C:\temp\ notepad.exe test.txt"
Everything works as expected: Notepad opens and the console (shell) disappears. But if you replace the command above with a .bat file instead, like so:
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "START /d C:\temp\ C:\test.bat"
(where test.bat contains only "notepad.exe test.txt") Notepad opens as before but the console sticks around like an unwanted friend. Why? And more to the point, How do I make it go away?
UPDATE: I know I can use wscript, as in this solution, but then I lose the option of having a custom icon (I'm stuck with the default .vbs icon).
The start command begins a new process for the batch file. The original cmd.exe then terminates, but leaves the new process, which hangs around because it's waiting for notepad.exe to terminate.
Change your bat file contents to:
start "" notepad.exe test.txt
Then your batch file will not wait for notepad to exit before continuing execution.
Another thing to try:
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "START /d C:\temp\ C:\test.bat & exit"
The nuclear option would be to write a small program in the (compiled) language of your choice that launches the .bat file and then exits. Then you can give it a custom icon, and make it do whatever you like.
You might also take a look at Autoit from http://autoitscript.com as an alternative to batch. - the Run() command can do this kind of thing with better predictability. Since it makes an executable you can link this from a shortcut directly. You can also do a whole lot more of course, like run as a different user, insert delays or handle errors, that are hard to do with batch.
You don't need the full kit, just the Aut2EXE folder from the download will do.
BTW, build your exes without UPX compression as that leads to AV false positives.
I'm a little late but here is the answer.
The documentation for start states:
Syntax
START "title" [/D path] [options] "command" [parameters]
If command is an internal cmd command or a batch file then the command
processor is run with the /K switch to cmd.exe. This means that the
window will remain after the command has been run.
If start is used to execute a batch file, the opened cmd instance wont close.
You could also use call instead.
call C:\test.bat
What command can I put at the end of a batch file to prevent auto-closing of the console after the execution of the file?
In Windows/DOS batch files:
pause
This prints a nice "Press any key to continue . . . " message
Or, if you don't want the "Press any key to continue . . ." message, do this instead:
pause >nul
Depends on the exact question!
Normally pause does the job within a .bat file.
If you want cmd.exe not to close to be able to remain typing, use cmd /k command at the end of the file.
If you want cmd.exe to not close, and able to continue to type, use cmd /k
Just felt the need to clarify what /k does (from windows website):
/k : Carries out the command specified by string and continues.
So cmd /k without follow up command at the end of bat file will just keep cmd.exe window open for further use.
On the other hand pause at the end of a batch file will simply pause the process and terminate cmd.exe on first button press
If you are using Maven and you want to skip the typing and prevent the console from close to see the result you need to use the CALL command in the script, besides just the 'mvn clean install'.
Like this will close the console
ECHO This is the wrong exemple
mvn clean install
pause
Like this the console will stay open
ECHO This is the right exemple
CALL mvn clean install
pause
If you dont use the CALL command neither of the pasts exemples will work. Because for some reason the default behaviour of cmd when calling another batch file (which mvn is in this case) is to essentially replace the current process with it, unlike calling an .exe
The below way of having commands in a batch file will open new command prompt windows and the new windows will not exit automatically.
start "title" call abcd.exe param1 param2
start "title" call xyz.exe param1 param2
Add cmd.exe as a new line below the code you want to execute:
c:\Python27\python D:\code\simple_http_server.py
cmd.exe
my way is to write an actual batch (saying "foo.bat") to finish the job; then create another "start.bat":
#echo off
cmd /k foo.bat
I find this is extremely useful when I set up one-time environment variables.
Call cmd at the end of the batch file.
Had problems with the answers here, so I came up with this, which works for me (TM):
cmd /c node_modules\.bin\tsc
cmd /c node rollup_build.js
pause
besides pause.
set /p=
can be used .It will expect user input and will release the flow when enter is pressed.
or
runas /user:# "" >nul 2>&1
which will do the same except nothing from the user input will be displayed nor will remain in the command history.
This little hack asks the user to enter a key and stores it into the variable %exitkey% (this variable could be called anything you like though).
set /p exitkey= "Press any key to continue..."
NB: the space after the '=' is very important
I know I'm late but my preferred way is:
:programend
pause>nul
GOTO programend
In this way the user cannot exit using enter.
Possibility 1:
Just make 2 .bat files and write into the first:
start <filename> // name of 2nd batch file
exit
Batch file 2 is the file that wont close in the end.
So now when you open batch nr.1 It will start the 2nd and cloe itself.
When the 2nd finishes it will not close entirely (as long as you wont put exit at the end)
Possibility 2:
Batch file 1:
call <filename>
cls
echo End of file
pause
<any code you want>
When the 2nd file ends then it will proceed to file 1 again and output the rest of it. With that you can even make error handlers. If nr.1 crashes it goes into nr.2 and displays it
There are two ways to do it depend on use case
1) If you want Windows cmd prompt to stay open so that you can see execution result and close it afterwards; use
pause
2) if you want Windows cmd prompt to stay open and allow you to execute some command afterwords; use
cmd
pause
or
echo text to display
pause>nul
Easy, add cmd to your last line of bat, BUT! if you reset or clear your system path, you must start your cmd with the full path, like:
%windir%\system32\cmd.exe
For example, I have a bat file to reset jdk to old version like this:
PATH=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_45\bin;C:\apache-ant-1.7.1\bin
SET JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_45
%windir%\system32\cmd.exe
since I reset the system path, I have to run cmd with the full path, or the system can't find cmd.exe, it will fail to run cmd, and just close the window, and you can't see the error msg.
Run the .exe file and then pause the cmd
batch script example :
#echo off
myProgram.exe
PAUSE
batch script example with arguments :
#echo off
myProgram.exe argumentExample1 argumentExample2
PAUSE
I added #echo off because I don't want to show C:\user\Desktop>myProgram.exe and C:\user\Desktop>PAUSE in the cmd
cmd /k cd C:\Projects.....
If you want your cmd opened at specific long location
add pause (if you don't want anything else to show up add) >nul it should look like:#echo offtitle niceecho hellopause >nulall you will see is "hello"
I personally put pause >nul and it waits for a key to be pressed without showing any extra text in the console.
using : call yourbatch.cmd
does the job
will process the script and then continue ejecuting other code on same window (cmd instance)