Keep CMD open after BAT file executes

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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

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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

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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  lt command gt  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

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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

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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

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In Windows add   amp  Pause  to the end of your command in the file

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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

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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

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Put pause at the end of your  BAT file

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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  amp  pause

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Just add  pause at the end   Example    echo off ipconfig  pause   Or you can also use    cmd  k ipconfig

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If you are starting the script within the command line  then add exit  b to keep CMD opened

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