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Repeat a cmd command
3ssio -  

Hello, I have a question, I would like to create a stylish wallpaper on CMD but I have a problem.

I type (color a) then (dir/s) but the problem is that after a while it stops and I would like it to continue looping indefinitely.

If anyone has an idea or knows how to do it, thank you

Thank you in advance for your responses

Good evening

6 answers

  1.  3ssio Author

    Thank you all for your responses

    I finally managed to do it thanks to you

    Thank you!

    1.  jee pee Moderator

      To do this across the entire screen, open a command line window, switch to full screen: ALT + Enter, then launch the .cmd file

      1.  3ssio Author

        I don't know why it's not working.

        I think I understood that when I run the dir/s command, it happens instantly, so I can't execute the others.

        I believe I'm doing it wrong.

        Yes, I truly suck.

        Thank you for your responses.

        1. brucine

          Because, again, you cannot loop at the command line; your command sequence must be in a batch file cmd (new text saved as toto.cmd).

        2.  quentin2121
          @brucine

          Hello!

          It works for me, I can color the console well, but our friend Ssio wants to color his screen, what adjustment to the command then?

        3. brucine
          @quentin2121

          Hello,

          We're mixing genres.

          The DIR command will not concern the wallpaper but only the console; we don't see the point of repeating it, but if we have to do it not in a batch but directly in the command line, the redirection labels will not be read, we should use something like:

          FOR /L %A IN (0,0,1) DO ( DIR /S )

          There are different ways to color all or part of the console: the color command (which can be refined by also setting a background color), just the prompt, highlighting text only by echoing ANSI characters, third-party utilities...

          But if I want to change my Windows wallpaper, it's independent of such a DOS command, I must create or use a 24-bit bmp image and use, I haven't tested not in a batch but at the command line:

          reg add "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" /v Wallpaper /d "C:\Path_to_image" /F RUNDLL32.EXE USER32.DLL,UpdatePerUserSystemParameters ,1 ,True


        4.  quentin2121
          @brucine

          The first command triggers nothing

          The second one does not become .cmd with the gear wheel as the thumbnail icon!

        5. brucine
          @quentin2121

          Any command aimed at the registry executes silently (that's actually the danger).

          I don't understand your second comment at all (even if I input an incorrect syntax in a cmd file, the batch won't execute, but it will remain a cmd file with its icon); there's no question of executing the two lines separately although maybe we can, they're in a Batch (new text file saved as toto.cmd).

          It's worth noting that the image used must be a 24-bit bmp (and adapted to the screen resolution), which is one of the quirks of Windows since it will be immediately converted to jpg and stored in a designated location.

          Not many people have bmps on hand, save a jpg as a 24-bit bmp using the graphic software of your choice.

      2.  jee pee Moderator

        Hello,

        Once upon a time, jokes were made about PCs with

        @echo off title matrix color 0a :top echo %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% goto top

        you can do the same with your code

        @echo off title Loop color a :top dir/s goto top
        1. brucine

          Hello,

          Houston, we have a problem: Fabul responded, me too, now you, I asked in <3> to see the script so that the same request could be repeated in <4> without, and yet, just in case, even though it's unlikely, I tested it and it works...

        2.  jee pee Moderator
          @brucine

          Yes, but if we don't have, like all of us, the tech-savvy fiber, we can write:

          color a dir/s :begin goto begin

          especially if we type it each time in a CMD window, not with a batch file.

        3. brucine
          @jee pee

          No, you need to put dir /s after the label :begin.

          I'm not sure that branching instructions are only read in a batch file and not at the command line, that's another question.

        4.  jee pee Moderator
          @brucine

          Yes, of course, it was an example of code to illustrate an error that someone with little experience might write if they are not given the complete code.

      4.  3ssio Author

        I want to loop the dir/s command to create a wallpaper, I'm useless and don't know anything about coding

        My code: color a

        dir/s

        but I can't figure out how to loop it

        Thanks

        1.  fabul Moderator

          Hello,

          :begin

          goto begin

          1.  3ssio Author

            Unfortunately, it doesn't work for me

            thank you anyway

          2. brucine
            @3ssio

            Hello,

            There are different ways to create an infinite loop in a batch file, including the one that was mentioned, and we don't see why it wouldn't work:
            https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5487473/how-to-create-an-infinite-loop-in-windows-batch-file

            We don't really see the point of looping a DIR command whether it's colored or not (there are also other ways to color all or part of the console), but if you don't publish your exact code, it will be hard to discuss "it's not working" without further details.