Create a delay in batch. Solved

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Hello,

I would like to insert a delay line between two lines in a .bat program but I don't know the syntax, can someone help me? I want to pause for 30 seconds and then continue afterwards.

Thank you

djik · Accepted Answer

Hello,  So Sleep, Wait, and Choice are NOT included with Windows XP. A solution is the one mentioned by Jeff:  ping -n 'number of seconds +1' 127.0.0.1 >nul

rameur · Answer

you put a "pause" on the line that's all

mathhieu · Answer

Thank you,   but how do we choose the time? 30 seconds, or two minutes, or other?

mathhieu · Answer

Well yes, I know that, but I'm looking for something that works automatically without needing to touch anything. So pause is not going to work. :(

Thanks anyway, if you have other ideas I'm all ears...

rameur · Answer

Sorry, I think my suggestion box is empty. Unless you write your own interpreter, I don't see any other solutions. Or you could maybe write a small command-line program that you call in your batch by passing it the duration of its execution like this:

copy ...
wait 60
...

bobthetavernist · Answer

It works.  choice /t:o,30>nul

rameur · Answer

C:\>choice /t:o,30>nul 'choice' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.  C:\>  -???

Jeff · Answer

http://www.robvanderwoude.com/index.html (dead link)
New link: https://www.robvanderwoude.com/wait.php

See the trick using the ping command, which allows you to set a delay in seconds... had to think of that :-)

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rameur · Answer

and choice for winxp then -?

rameur · Answer

sorry but under XP, it doesn't work anymore :
------------------------------------------

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.TITANIUM>CHOICE do you like me ?
'CHOICE' is not recognized as an internal
or external command, an executable program, or a batch file.
------------------------------------------

jipicy · Answer

Colle ça dans "system32" (après le démarrage) : http://eyn.free.fr/CHOICE.ZIPC:\DOCUME~1\jp>CHOICE do you like me ? do you like me ? [Y,N]?Y C:\DOCUME~1\jp>;-)) -- Z'@+...che et Bonne Année 2006.JP : Zen, mes Nuggets ! ;-) La connaissance n'est bonne que si elle est partagée.

rameur · Answer

Ah! Should have thought of that, thanks :)

anonyme · Answer

Hello,  sleep x (where x = Number of seconds) addresses the issue  Sincerely

oubourigue · Answer

Congratulations Djik, this command is well made and tested successfully.

floxi · Answer

Another solution to create a delay in a batch is to increment a variable in a loop with a threshold as the exit condition

example:

:loop set /a count = count + 1 if %count%==30000 goto endloop goto loop :endloop

it works too, if you want more info check Deleted advertisement CCM Moderation

Flox

patatesaulard · Answer

Hi,

PING is not working on all computers
the loop is not precise for time and too variable from one computer to another
so I imagined a wait that takes the system time into account:

@echo off
set pause_time=5
echo pause test: the pause time here is %pause_time% seconds
echo.
call :wait %pause_time%
echo %pause_time% later this message is displayed
echo.
echo the batch will now terminate in 10 seconds
call :wait 10
exit

:wait
call :calculate_time
set /a t1= %j1% + %h1% + %m1% + %s1% + %1
:waiting_loop
call :calculate_time
set /a t2= %j1% + %h1% + %m1% + %s1%
if "%t2%" LSS "%t1%" goto waiting_loop
goto :eof
:calculate_time
set /a jj="100%DATE:~0,2% %% 100"
set /a mm="100%DATE:~3,2% %% 100"
set /a aa=%DATE:~6,4%

rem WARNING put the following 3 lines separated by 1 space on 1 single line

set /a j1="(((1461 * (%aa% + 4800 + (%mm% - 14) / 12)) / 4 + (367 * (%mm% - 2 - 12
* ((%mm% - 14) / 12))) / 12 - (3 * ((%aa% + 4900 + (%mm% - 14) / 12) / 100)) / 4 +
%jj% - 32075) - 2455021) * 86400 "

set /a h1= %time:~0,2% * 3600
set /a m1= %time:~3,2% * 60
set s1=%time:~6,2%

it's a bit heavy but reliable on all machines!

heuchuitoumoche · Answer

yop
there is a very simple solution that doesn't clutter the script with the software "delay" that many don't know about because choice is not compatible with XP :p

so download delay here http://users.csc.calpoly.edu/~bfriesen/software/files/delay32.zip

unzip it in Windows and now you just have to set the time. I'll give you an example of a script

@echo off
start notepad.exe
@echo waiting 30 seconds before resuming
delay 30
@echo waiting finished
start calc.exe
pause

so this is a simple example to show you, we launch notepad then the message @echo waiting 30 seconds before resuming is displayed, then the countdown starts, after 30 seconds the text waiting finished appears and launches the calculator. I've added a pause at the end so that the window stays open, but you can remove it :)

so the finished script looks like this

waiting 30 seconds before resuming
Pausing for 0
waiting finished
Press any key to continue...

so this example I made it as simple as possible

for the time, you just have to change the time next to "delay"
there you go

patatesaulard · Answer

yes it's very good, it works very well and there are plenty of programs that allow for a pause such as Delay, Sleep, Wait, Waitn and others but they are NOT included with Windows XP or Vista and therefore require downloading additional software into system32 or the execution folder which limits the portability of a script to its own computer or that of informed users.

the goal without any pretension of the previous script (call :wait x) is to find a trick to manage this type of pause without calling additional external software to the "classic" package.

You may have noticed that it might be considered superfluous to take into account the number of days since a date, but even if it creates a somewhat crazy line, it prevents an infinite loop if the function is called at 11:59 and 58 seconds (!)

it should also be noted that at home, ping 127.0.0.1 -n 5 >nul, or ping -n 1 1.1.1.1 -w 5000 >nul work very well with a "normally configured" network.

To date, it seems to work correctly on computers of different generations and different systems (xp 2000 vista)

karirovax · Answer

Hello everyone   Here is the procedure for 30 seconds with beeps ;)  @echo off   echo this is a test echo. echo ???????????????????????????????????????» ECHO ? ? echo ? this is a test ? ECHO ? ? echo ???????????????????????????????????????¼ echo. SET load= SET /A loadnum=0   :Loading set /p "=>" %%<nul PING -n 2 localhost >nul SET /A loadnum+=1 IF not %loadnum% EQU 30 GOTO :loading echo. pause   karirovax ;)

ruben · Answer

@echo off

setlocal enableextensions
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

rem
rem routine de pause DOS rudimentaire (0-59 sec)
rem

set sl=%1
if defined sl (
if !sl! gtr 59 (
echo.
echo Temps d'attente maximum. 59 sec.
echo.
goto :end_script
)
call :sleep %sl%
) else (
set /p sl=Entrez le temps de pause ^(0-59 sec^):
if !sl! gtr 59 (
echo.
echo Temps d'attente maximum. 59 sec.
echo.
goto :end_script
)
call :sleep !sl!
)

goto :end_script

:sleep
if not defined 2 (
set /a w_time=0
) else (
set /a w_time=%2
)
for /f "tokens=4 delims=:" %%i in ('echo. ^| time') do (
set t1=N%%i
set t1=!t1:N00.0=!
set t1=!t1:N00=!
set t1=!t1:N0=!
set t1=!t1:N=!
set t1s=!t1:.=!
set /a t1f=!t1s!
)
:s_time
for /f "tokens=4 delims=:" %%i in ('echo. ^| time') do (
set t2=N%%i
set t2=!t2:N00.0=!
set t2=!t2:N00=!
set t2=!t2:N0=!
set t2=!t2:N=!
set t2s=!t2:.=!
set /a t2f=!t2s!
)
if !t2f! lss !t1f! set /a t2f=!t2f!+6000

set /a w_time=!t2f!-!t1f!
set /a m_time=%1*100

if !w_time! leq !m_time! goto :s_time %1 !w_time!

goto :end_sleep

:end_sleep

:end_script

endlocal

librequetucrois · Answer

slt

I found this in Windows 7 x64 Home Premium; to test:

C:\Users\%USERNAME%>timeout /? TIMEOUT /T timeout_period /NOBREAK Description: This utility accepts a timeout parameter that defines the waiting period (in seconds) or until a key press occurs. It also accepts a parameter to ignore key usage. Parameter list: /T maximum_timeout Specifies the number of seconds to wait. The valid range is between -1 and 99999 seconds. /NOBREAK Ignore key usage and wait the indicated time. /? Displays this help message. Note: A timeout value of -1 means a key press is expected. Examples: TIMEOUT /? TIMEOUT /T 10 TIMEOUT /T 300 /NOBREAK TIMEOUT /T -1 C:\Users\%USERNAME%>

+

* TIMEOUT /T 10 | echo test to change the text
* TIMEOUT /T 10 > nul to see nothing

* TIMEOUT /T 10 > nul | echo test cumulative without further effect(s)

2 questions, please; thank you:

How to RE-write on the same line without line breaks (e.g., with echo)?

With "title /?" = "Sets the title of the window for a DOS window" yes but that is a limited trick and not a direct answer to the question posed.

How to retrieve the codes of the pressed keys (multiple)?

With NOBREAK you can press multiple times on the keyboard...

Pausing is good, but you need to be able to test what the user did upon exit, in order to make better proposals = conditional test (if then else). And in the command help, you can't find the codes for the special variable %ERRORLEVEL% (echo %ERRORLEVEL% = 0); even if we don't have the key code directly, although with the command "choice /?" it works but you must only use the chosen keys and not any key to exit (besides the optional timeout before defining a mandatory default choice).

Thank you in advance

Looking forward to hearing from you

MVG · Answer

I have an answer...... hahahaha!! I was a noob in batch yesterday and today I'm getting back to it. And... here is an external command I created based solely on batch; it includes 2 arguments: one is the time in seconds (the maximum pause time is 59 seconds, and the precision is about 1 second), and the second is the help (syntax).   Here is its content; it's super easy........  There are a lot of comments, but they are useful for understanding.   ---------------------------------------------------------------   @echo off   :argument  rem %1 is the argument previously entered when calling the command (ex: pauser 5) 5 being the time in seconds  rem we test if the argument is null  set T=%1  if "%T%" == "/?" goto Syntax  if "%T%" == "" goto error   rem test if the argument is between 1 and 60 and that it's a number and not a character string  IF %T% geq 1 GOTO test0   :test0  IF %T% lss 60 GOTO init  goto error   :error  rem display the syntax of the pauser command  echo.  echo type /? to display help  echo.  goto end    :Syntax  echo.  echo Syntax:  echo.  echo PAUSER [number]  echo.  echo number Number between 1 and 59  echo.  echo Operation: allows you to pause for a maximum duration of 59 seconds  echo.  echo Regards, 15/09/12  echo.  echo pause >null  goto end   rem this script allows for a pause of maximum duration limited to 60 seconds MVG 15/09/12  rem Definition of some used variables....  rem t0= time in seconds at the moment of launching the script  rem t1= time in seconds of the desired pause duration  rem t2= time in seconds until the end of pause (t2=t0+t1)  rem %time:~6,2%= seconds at time T of the Windows clock in 2 digits (unit and ten)  rem minute= limitation of maximum pause of 60 seconds  rem InstantT= time in seconds at time T   :init  rem initialization of variables  rem the previous variable T has passed the various tests: between 1 and 60  set t1=%T%  set minute=60  set t0=%time:~6,2%  set /a t2=%t0%+%t1%   rem If the addition of the time to reach (t0+t1) exceeds 60, given that after 60 seconds the clock resets to 1, we must redefine the calculation of the end of pause as follows:  rem If t2 is greater than 60 then the new variable will be equal to t2-60  if /I %t2% GTR %minute% set /a t2=%t2%-%minute%   rem since the second counter stops at 59 and then restarts at zero, if the variable t2 equals 60, we will initialize it to 0  if /I %t2% == %minute% set t2=0   rem This line corrects the error between calculation and display of seconds if we find as a result the sum of t0+t1 between 60 and 70  rem In this case, by calculating, ((t0+t1)-60)<=>ex:65-60=5 we find 5 as a result.  rem At this moment T, the seconds display variable will show a leading zero, i.e., "05", which is different from "5", so if the ten's place is zero, we will add a zero to that variable t2  if %t2% lss 10 set t2=0%t2%    :pause  rem we define the display variable of seconds at time T (unit+ten)  set InstantT=%time:~6,2%   rem if we have reached the end of the pause the script ends.  if %InstantT%==%t2% goto end   goto pause   :end    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------   I compiled this batch into exe and it's pure bliss... I think I still have some tests to do.. I whipped it up quickly last night, and I'm done ...

Anonyme209 · Answer

It's very simple, no need to hassle! Write this:  [STEP 1] ping localhost -n [number of seconds + 1] > nul [STEP 2]

antoine69 · Answer

One technique is to ping a dummy IP address:  ping 0.0.0.0 -n 5 > NUL  You can also use the Sleep command (The Sleep command is not built into Windows, it needs to be downloaded)

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