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MS-DOS Batch file pause with enter key

October 20, 2022 by Tarik

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…

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Recursive directory listing in DOS

October 10, 2022 by Tarik

You can use: dir /s If you need the list without all the header/footer information try this: dir /s /b (For sure this will work for DOS 6 and later; might have worked prior to that, but I can’t recall.)

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How to create empty text file from a batch file?

October 3, 2022 by Tarik

copy NUL EmptyFile.txt DOS has a few special files (devices, actually) that exist in every directory, NUL being the equivalent of UNIX’s /dev/null: it’s a magic file that’s always empty and throws away anything you write to it. Here’s a list of some others; CON is occasionally useful as well. To avoid having any output … Read more

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