MS-DOS Batch file pause with enter key

Question

Is it possible in MS-DOS batch file to pause the script and wait for user to hit enter key    I wish to do this inside a for loop  After each iteration  I want the script to pause and wait for user to hit  Enter

User · Accepted Answer

There s a pause command that does just that  though it s not specifically the enter key   If you really want to wait for only the enter key  you can use the set command to ask for user input with a dummy variable  something like   set  p DUMMY Hit ENTER to continue

User · Answer

You can do it with the pause command  example   dir pause echo Now about to end    pause

User · Answer

Depending on which OS you re using  if you are flexible  then CHOICE can be used to wait on almost any key EXCEPT enter  If you are really referring to what Microsoft insists on calling  Command Prompt  which is simply an MS-DOS emulator  then perhaps TIMEOUT may suit your purpose  timeout  t -1 waits on any key  not just ENTER  and of course CHOICE is available again in recent WIN editions   And a warning on SET  P - whereas set  p DUMMY Hit ENTER to continue    will work   set  dummy   set  p DUMMY Hit ENTER to continue    if defined dummy  echo not just ENTER was pressed  else  echo just ENTER was pressed    will detect whether just ENTER or something else  ending in ENTER was keyed in

User · Answer

The only valid answer would be the pause command  Though this does not wait specifically for the  ENTER  key  it waits for any key that is pressed  And just in case you want it convenient for the user  pause is the best option

User · Answer

pause command is what you looking for  If you looking ONLY the case when enter is hit you can abuse the runas command   runas  user       gt nul 2 gt  amp 1   the screen will be frozen until enter is hit What I like more than set p  is that if you press other buttons than enter they will be not displayed

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