What is CLS statement?
In computing, CLS (for clear screen) is a command used by the command line interpreters COMMAND.COM and CMD. EXE on DOS, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows operating systems to clear the screen or console window of commands and any output generated by them. It does not clear the user’s history of commands, however.
What @echo off means?
When echo is turned off, the command prompt doesn’t appear in the Command Prompt window. To display the command prompt again, type echo on. To prevent all commands in a batch file (including the echo off command) from displaying on the screen, on the first line of the batch file type: @echo off.
How to create options or choices in a batch file?
Open Start.
How to create and run batch file on Windows 10?
Open File Explorer.
How to use the start command in a batch file?
start cmd /c command. For example, to run a batch file in another command window and to close the window after batch file execution completes, the command will be: Start cmd /c C:mybatchfile.bat. Run the command in the same window: Start /b command. Run a command in the background like we do using ‘&’ in Linux: In Windows, we can do similar thing by using start command. But here it does not run in background.
What can I do with batch files?
– Copy—Copies files or folders – Del—Deletes files or folders – CD—Changes directory – MD—Makes a new directory – RD—Remove or deletes a directory