Keep CMD open after BAT file executes
FileBatch FileCmdFile Problem Overview
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?
File Solutions
Solution 1 - File
Put pause at the end of your .BAT file.
Solution 2 - 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.
Solution 3 - File
Just add @pause at the end.
Example:
@echo off
ipconfig
@pause
Or you can also use:
cmd /k ipconfig
Solution 4 - File
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
Solution 5 - File
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
Solution 6 - File
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!
Solution 7 - File
If you are starting the script within the command line, then add exit /b to keep CMD opened
Solution 8 - File
In Windows add '& Pause' to the end of your command in the file.
Solution 9 - 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.
Solution 10 - File
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
Solution 11 - File
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.