Batch commands from text file

nbrane March 5, 2013 at 21:23:15

I think you've answered your own question. "load commands out of text files" is pretty much the definintion of a script, except substitute "run" for "load".

sorry, i didnt explain properly, what i meant was, i have a batch file with a few commands already in it, but i also have a few other text files with other commands. is there a way for the user to select a text file and whatever code is in that text file will be run?

mikelinus March 5, 2013 at 21:59:57

Save the text file as a .bat and use call from within the first batch. As in Call c:\mybatchname.bat :: mike

do i have to change the text file to a batch file?

mikelinus March 6, 2013 at 01:48:38

Not nessicarily however it might be easier :: mike

I've managed to find some script that allows me to make the batch file execute the text in the .txt file, but for some reason as soon as it reaches a "goto" command the batch file says: "the system cannot find the batch label specified - main" "invalid attempt to call batch label outside of batch script" this is the batch file: @echo off for /f "tokens=*" %%x in (%cd%\test.txt) do ( call %%x ) and this is the text file: echo hi set /p input= if /i "%cmd%"=="hi" ( goto hi ) ELSE ( goto bye ) :hi echo hi exit :bye echo bye exit any idea's on whats going wrong?

mikelinus March 7, 2013 at 06:51:01

The label bye and label hi are not in the batch that you initialized. it is reading line by line the text file and the command to goto effects the original batch, not the text file. :: mike

mikelinus March 8, 2013 at 06:44:22

You could cheat and use a temporary file if you wanted to. type test.txt > tmp.bat then call the tmp.bat and then delete the tmp.bat this would leave the text file intact, and if you are using multiple text files it would work for any of them. :: mike

Cool, thanks for all the help guys, it really helped!