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Why do my .BAT files on Windows 7 not PAUSE properly?
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I've been playing around with writing batch files on my computer for some time, and I am confused about why PAUSE doesn't work like I thought(maybe I'm just doing it wrong idk, just really confused).
Basically I have:
@echo off
echo Hello!
pause
echo Hi again!
pause
echo HEY HEY!!
pause
and when it runs I get:
Hello!
Press any key to continue...
I then press just one key and this occurs:
Hi again!
Press any key to continue...
HEY HEY!!
Press any key to continue...
I don't understand why it skips the second PAUSE...I've noticed that if I was to do:
@echo off
echo Hello!
pause
echo Hi again!
pause
pause
echo HEY HEY!!
pause
then it will pause on "Hi again!" opposed to executing it without pause(however it will print "Press any key to continue..." two times consecutively)
I'm just really lost and can not proceed with my life until I know why it does this o:
windows-7 batch-file
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I've been playing around with writing batch files on my computer for some time, and I am confused about why PAUSE doesn't work like I thought(maybe I'm just doing it wrong idk, just really confused).
Basically I have:
@echo off
echo Hello!
pause
echo Hi again!
pause
echo HEY HEY!!
pause
and when it runs I get:
Hello!
Press any key to continue...
I then press just one key and this occurs:
Hi again!
Press any key to continue...
HEY HEY!!
Press any key to continue...
I don't understand why it skips the second PAUSE...I've noticed that if I was to do:
@echo off
echo Hello!
pause
echo Hi again!
pause
pause
echo HEY HEY!!
pause
then it will pause on "Hi again!" opposed to executing it without pause(however it will print "Press any key to continue..." two times consecutively)
I'm just really lost and can not proceed with my life until I know why it does this o:
windows-7 batch-file
edited Nov 10 '14 at 12:12
Hennes
59.4k793144
asked Oct 31 '14 at 16:45
Ryan BollingerRyan Bollinger
262
bumped to the homepage by Community♦ 4 mins ago
This question has answers that may be good or bad; the system has marked it active so that they can be reviewed.
It works as expected for me (in Windows 7), you sure you don't have a keyboard problem? If you wrap the echo argument in quotes does it work differently? (ie: echo "Hi there!", echo "Hi Again", etc.)
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
Oct 31 '14 at 16:57
Let me try that now...and I have no keyboard problem, it will only skip that pause, and none other
– Ryan Bollinger
Oct 31 '14 at 17:09
2
You know, I feel really stupid, any key I hit other then the down arrow makes it work fine.....jeez I can't believe I've spent 2 hours trying to figure this out for nothing xD
– Ryan Bollinger
Oct 31 '14 at 17:11
3
Yup, hitting any arrow key does the same thing for me that you saw as well. Good catch. Get in the habit of using Enter. ;)
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
Oct 31 '14 at 17:15
add a comment |
I've been playing around with writing batch files on my computer for some time, and I am confused about why PAUSE doesn't work like I thought(maybe I'm just doing it wrong idk, just really confused).
Basically I have:
@echo off
echo Hello!
pause
echo Hi again!
pause
echo HEY HEY!!
pause
and when it runs I get:
Hello!
Press any key to continue...
I then press just one key and this occurs:
Hi again!
Press any key to continue...
HEY HEY!!
Press any key to continue...
I don't understand why it skips the second PAUSE...I've noticed that if I was to do:
@echo off
echo Hello!
pause
echo Hi again!
pause
pause
echo HEY HEY!!
pause
then it will pause on "Hi again!" opposed to executing it without pause(however it will print "Press any key to continue..." two times consecutively)
I'm just really lost and can not proceed with my life until I know why it does this o:
windows-7 batch-file
edited Nov 10 '14 at 12:12
Hennes
59.4k793144
asked Oct 31 '14 at 16:45
Ryan BollingerRyan Bollinger
262
I've been playing around with writing batch files on my computer for some time, and I am confused about why PAUSE doesn't work like I thought(maybe I'm just doing it wrong idk, just really confused).
Basically I have:
@echo off
echo Hello!
pause
echo Hi again!
pause
echo HEY HEY!!
pause
and when it runs I get:
Hello!
Press any key to continue...
I then press just one key and this occurs:
Hi again!
Press any key to continue...
HEY HEY!!
Press any key to continue...
I don't understand why it skips the second PAUSE...I've noticed that if I was to do:
@echo off
echo Hello!
pause
echo Hi again!
pause
pause
echo HEY HEY!!
pause
then it will pause on "Hi again!" opposed to executing it without pause(however it will print "Press any key to continue..." two times consecutively)
I'm just really lost and can not proceed with my life until I know why it does this o:
windows-7 batch-file
windows-7 batch-file
edited Nov 10 '14 at 12:12
Hennes
59.4k793144
asked Oct 31 '14 at 16:45
Ryan BollingerRyan Bollinger
262
edited Nov 10 '14 at 12:12
Hennes
59.4k793144
asked Oct 31 '14 at 16:45
Ryan BollingerRyan Bollinger
262
edited Nov 10 '14 at 12:12
Hennes
59.4k793144
edited Nov 10 '14 at 12:12
Hennes
59.4k793144
edited Nov 10 '14 at 12:12
Hennes
59.4k793144
59.4k793144
asked Oct 31 '14 at 16:45
Ryan BollingerRyan Bollinger
262
asked Oct 31 '14 at 16:45
Ryan BollingerRyan Bollinger
262
asked Oct 31 '14 at 16:45
Ryan BollingerRyan Bollinger
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262
bumped to the homepage by Community♦ 4 mins ago
This question has answers that may be good or bad; the system has marked it active so that they can be reviewed.
bumped to the homepage by Community♦ 4 mins ago
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It works as expected for me (in Windows 7), you sure you don't have a keyboard problem? If you wrap the echo argument in quotes does it work differently? (ie: echo "Hi there!", echo "Hi Again", etc.)
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
Oct 31 '14 at 16:57
Let me try that now...and I have no keyboard problem, it will only skip that pause, and none other
– Ryan Bollinger
Oct 31 '14 at 17:09
2
You know, I feel really stupid, any key I hit other then the down arrow makes it work fine.....jeez I can't believe I've spent 2 hours trying to figure this out for nothing xD
– Ryan Bollinger
Oct 31 '14 at 17:11
3
Yup, hitting any arrow key does the same thing for me that you saw as well. Good catch. Get in the habit of using Enter. ;)
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
Oct 31 '14 at 17:15
add a comment |
It works as expected for me (in Windows 7), you sure you don't have a keyboard problem? If you wrap the echo argument in quotes does it work differently? (ie: echo "Hi there!", echo "Hi Again", etc.)
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
Oct 31 '14 at 16:57
Let me try that now...and I have no keyboard problem, it will only skip that pause, and none other
– Ryan Bollinger
Oct 31 '14 at 17:09
2
You know, I feel really stupid, any key I hit other then the down arrow makes it work fine.....jeez I can't believe I've spent 2 hours trying to figure this out for nothing xD
– Ryan Bollinger
Oct 31 '14 at 17:11
3
Yup, hitting any arrow key does the same thing for me that you saw as well. Good catch. Get in the habit of using Enter. ;)
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
Oct 31 '14 at 17:15
It works as expected for me (in Windows 7), you sure you don't have a keyboard problem? If you wrap the echo argument in quotes does it work differently? (ie: echo "Hi there!", echo "Hi Again", etc.)
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
Oct 31 '14 at 16:57
It works as expected for me (in Windows 7), you sure you don't have a keyboard problem? If you wrap the echo argument in quotes does it work differently? (ie: echo "Hi there!", echo "Hi Again", etc.)
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
Oct 31 '14 at 16:57
Let me try that now...and I have no keyboard problem, it will only skip that pause, and none other
– Ryan Bollinger
Oct 31 '14 at 17:09
Let me try that now...and I have no keyboard problem, it will only skip that pause, and none other
– Ryan Bollinger
Oct 31 '14 at 17:09
2
2
You know, I feel really stupid, any key I hit other then the down arrow makes it work fine.....jeez I can't believe I've spent 2 hours trying to figure this out for nothing xD
– Ryan Bollinger
Oct 31 '14 at 17:11
You know, I feel really stupid, any key I hit other then the down arrow makes it work fine.....jeez I can't believe I've spent 2 hours trying to figure this out for nothing xD
– Ryan Bollinger
Oct 31 '14 at 17:11
3
3
Yup, hitting any arrow key does the same thing for me that you saw as well. Good catch. Get in the habit of using Enter. ;)
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
Oct 31 '14 at 17:15
Yup, hitting any arrow key does the same thing for me that you saw as well. Good catch. Get in the habit of using Enter. ;)
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
Oct 31 '14 at 17:15
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It's working as expected. The pause statement just waits for input. The only switch is to hide the fact it's waiting for a keypress.
When I run the last batch file you showed, I see this:
C:UsersasdfDesktop>more test.bat
@echo off
echo Hello!
pause
echo Hi again!
pause
pause
echo HEY HEY!!
pause
C:UsersasdfDesktop>test
Hello!
Press any key to continue . . .
Hi again!
Press any key to continue . . .
Press any key to continue . . .
HEY HEY!!
Press any key to continue . . .
So I'm finding it difficult to understand what you're asking for...
answered Oct 31 '14 at 16:49
Canadian LukeCanadian Luke
18.1k3091149
That doesn't explain why the second statement is being skipped.
– Jim G.
Oct 31 '14 at 16:55
1
I shouldn't need 2 consecutive PAUSE statements after "Hi again!" I'm basically asking why 1 PAUSE isn't working.
– Ryan Bollinger
Oct 31 '14 at 17:03
That's how it runs on Windows 7...
– Canadian Luke
Oct 31 '14 at 17:08
@JimG. As you can see from the OP's comments above, it is the expected behaviour
– Canadian Luke
Oct 31 '14 at 17:29
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It's working as expected. The pause statement just waits for input. The only switch is to hide the fact it's waiting for a keypress.
When I run the last batch file you showed, I see this:
C:UsersasdfDesktop>more test.bat
@echo off
echo Hello!
pause
echo Hi again!
pause
pause
echo HEY HEY!!
pause
C:UsersasdfDesktop>test
Hello!
Press any key to continue . . .
Hi again!
Press any key to continue . . .
Press any key to continue . . .
HEY HEY!!
Press any key to continue . . .
So I'm finding it difficult to understand what you're asking for...
answered Oct 31 '14 at 16:49
Canadian LukeCanadian Luke
18.1k3091149
That doesn't explain why the second statement is being skipped.
– Jim G.
Oct 31 '14 at 16:55
1
I shouldn't need 2 consecutive PAUSE statements after "Hi again!" I'm basically asking why 1 PAUSE isn't working.
– Ryan Bollinger
Oct 31 '14 at 17:03
That's how it runs on Windows 7...
– Canadian Luke
Oct 31 '14 at 17:08
@JimG. As you can see from the OP's comments above, it is the expected behaviour
– Canadian Luke
Oct 31 '14 at 17:29
add a comment |
It's working as expected. The pause statement just waits for input. The only switch is to hide the fact it's waiting for a keypress.
When I run the last batch file you showed, I see this:
C:UsersasdfDesktop>more test.bat
@echo off
echo Hello!
pause
echo Hi again!
pause
pause
echo HEY HEY!!
pause
C:UsersasdfDesktop>test
Hello!
Press any key to continue . . .
Hi again!
Press any key to continue . . .
Press any key to continue . . .
HEY HEY!!
Press any key to continue . . .
So I'm finding it difficult to understand what you're asking for...
answered Oct 31 '14 at 16:49
Canadian LukeCanadian Luke
18.1k3091149
That doesn't explain why the second statement is being skipped.
– Jim G.
Oct 31 '14 at 16:55
1
I shouldn't need 2 consecutive PAUSE statements after "Hi again!" I'm basically asking why 1 PAUSE isn't working.
– Ryan Bollinger
Oct 31 '14 at 17:03
That's how it runs on Windows 7...
– Canadian Luke
Oct 31 '14 at 17:08
@JimG. As you can see from the OP's comments above, it is the expected behaviour
– Canadian Luke
Oct 31 '14 at 17:29
add a comment |
It's working as expected. The pause statement just waits for input. The only switch is to hide the fact it's waiting for a keypress.
When I run the last batch file you showed, I see this:
C:UsersasdfDesktop>more test.bat
@echo off
echo Hello!
pause
echo Hi again!
pause
pause
echo HEY HEY!!
pause
C:UsersasdfDesktop>test
Hello!
Press any key to continue . . .
Hi again!
Press any key to continue . . .
Press any key to continue . . .
HEY HEY!!
Press any key to continue . . .
So I'm finding it difficult to understand what you're asking for...
answered Oct 31 '14 at 16:49
Canadian LukeCanadian Luke
18.1k3091149
It's working as expected. The pause statement just waits for input. The only switch is to hide the fact it's waiting for a keypress.
When I run the last batch file you showed, I see this:
C:UsersasdfDesktop>more test.bat
@echo off
echo Hello!
pause
echo Hi again!
pause
pause
echo HEY HEY!!
pause
C:UsersasdfDesktop>test
Hello!
Press any key to continue . . .
Hi again!
Press any key to continue . . .
Press any key to continue . . .
HEY HEY!!
Press any key to continue . . .
So I'm finding it difficult to understand what you're asking for...
answered Oct 31 '14 at 16:49
Canadian LukeCanadian Luke
18.1k3091149
edited Oct 31 '14 at 17:07
answered Oct 31 '14 at 16:49
Canadian LukeCanadian Luke
18.1k3091149
answered Oct 31 '14 at 16:49
Canadian LukeCanadian Luke
18.1k3091149
answered Oct 31 '14 at 16:49
Canadian LukeCanadian Luke
18.1k3091149
18.1k3091149
That doesn't explain why the second statement is being skipped.
– Jim G.
Oct 31 '14 at 16:55
1
I shouldn't need 2 consecutive PAUSE statements after "Hi again!" I'm basically asking why 1 PAUSE isn't working.
– Ryan Bollinger
Oct 31 '14 at 17:03
That's how it runs on Windows 7...
– Canadian Luke
Oct 31 '14 at 17:08
@JimG. As you can see from the OP's comments above, it is the expected behaviour
– Canadian Luke
Oct 31 '14 at 17:29
add a comment |
That doesn't explain why the second statement is being skipped.
– Jim G.
Oct 31 '14 at 16:55
1
I shouldn't need 2 consecutive PAUSE statements after "Hi again!" I'm basically asking why 1 PAUSE isn't working.
– Ryan Bollinger
Oct 31 '14 at 17:03
That's how it runs on Windows 7...
– Canadian Luke
Oct 31 '14 at 17:08
@JimG. As you can see from the OP's comments above, it is the expected behaviour
– Canadian Luke
Oct 31 '14 at 17:29
That doesn't explain why the second statement is being skipped.
– Jim G.
Oct 31 '14 at 16:55
That doesn't explain why the second statement is being skipped.
– Jim G.
Oct 31 '14 at 16:55
1
1
I shouldn't need 2 consecutive PAUSE statements after "Hi again!" I'm basically asking why 1 PAUSE isn't working.
– Ryan Bollinger
Oct 31 '14 at 17:03
I shouldn't need 2 consecutive PAUSE statements after "Hi again!" I'm basically asking why 1 PAUSE isn't working.
– Ryan Bollinger
Oct 31 '14 at 17:03
That's how it runs on Windows 7...
– Canadian Luke
Oct 31 '14 at 17:08
That's how it runs on Windows 7...
– Canadian Luke
Oct 31 '14 at 17:08
@JimG. As you can see from the OP's comments above, it is the expected behaviour
– Canadian Luke
Oct 31 '14 at 17:29
@JimG. As you can see from the OP's comments above, it is the expected behaviour
– Canadian Luke
Oct 31 '14 at 17:29
add a comment |
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It works as expected for me (in Windows 7), you sure you don't have a keyboard problem? If you wrap the echo argument in quotes does it work differently? (ie: echo "Hi there!", echo "Hi Again", etc.)
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
Oct 31 '14 at 16:57
Let me try that now...and I have no keyboard problem, it will only skip that pause, and none other
– Ryan Bollinger
Oct 31 '14 at 17:09
2
You know, I feel really stupid, any key I hit other then the down arrow makes it work fine.....jeez I can't believe I've spent 2 hours trying to figure this out for nothing xD
– Ryan Bollinger
Oct 31 '14 at 17:11
3
Yup, hitting any arrow key does the same thing for me that you saw as well. Good catch. Get in the habit of using Enter. ;)
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
Oct 31 '14 at 17:15