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Zag Gol
Zag Gol

Reputation: 1076

Batch file - stops in the middle of running

I am trying to learn Batch.

I wrote a simple code with two labels.

This is the code:

@echo off 
title intro

color 1f

::############################
::label
:one
cls
echo hello
echo. please enter your First name
echo.
:: fname is a variable (type p - string) that will content the user input. the input will be insert after <<
set /p fname= ">>" 
echo.
echo. please enter your Last name
set /p lname=">>" 
echo.
echo hello %fname% %lname%!

pause>nul
goto two

::############################
:two
cls 
echo. welcome to page two

After the command line prints "hello ", it waits for the user response. if the user hits enter, instead of continuing to label "two", the command line closes.

Why?

Thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1427

Answers (2)

Magoo
Magoo

Reputation: 79982

You don't say whether you are executing that batch from the prompt or from a shortcut"

After showing hello names entered the batch stops at the pause, and waits for an Enter. The >nul suppresses the prompt Press any key to continue . . .

batch will then continue to :two (the goto is redundant) but if you executed the routine from a "shortcut" the batch window will appear to close immediately as reaching end-of-file terminates the routine.

Upvotes: 1

MadsTheMan
MadsTheMan

Reputation: 703

Thats because it exits when the script comes to and end and has nothing more to do.

Add for example a pause at the very end of your script

Like this

echo. welcome to page two
pause

Then all you want on "page two" will be between your welcome to page two and pause

Upvotes: 1

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