Many system administrators use them to automate tedious processes. Batch files are useful for running a series of executables automatically. When a batch file is run, the shell program (usually CMD.EXE or COMMAND.COM) reads the file and executes its commands, normally line-by-line. In MS-DOS and Windows, a batch file is a text file containing a series of commands intended to be executed by the command interpreter. The more you know about MS-DOS, the better prepared you will be to understand the CLI of Windows. The commands and concepts of the command line interface (CLI) of Windows are based on the use of MS-DOS commands for backwards compatibility. Learning objective: (2) Explain the purpose of a batch fileĪs you go through this unit, keep in mind that we are not learning MS-DOS but the command line interface of Windows which is *based* on MS-DOS.
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