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I want to make some explanatory text I wrote display for 5 seconds (that is, pause for 5 seconds) during batch processing, instead of flashing by, and then automatically run other programs.

Please help the experts! Please write it in detail. I am a novice, thank you!

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Original title: Help Batch processing
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[ Last edited by willsort on 2005-8-19 at 16:58 ]

Method 1: Use the choice command:

...
ECHO Hello. Welcome to China DOS Union.
CHOICE /T:Y,5
...

Method 2: Implement delay using the Wait.com program in the MSDOS 7.1 super boot disk:

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ECHO Hello. Welcome to China DOS Union.
WAIT 5
...

Hehe, I also have a very lazy method, as long as you have Windows installed.
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ECHO Hello. Welcome to China DOS Union.
dir %windir% /s /a >nul
...
It will take quite a while to dir all the files and subdirectories in %windir% : )

I just tried the method upstairs. It took 15 seconds to do a dir in the DOS mode of Windows. If it's in pure DOS, it would take at least 20 seconds, right?! Sweat -_-|||

This is a relatively stupid method, heh heh. If the batch processing delays every time in this way, people who don't know will think there's a virus doing deltree when they see the hard disk keeps making noise and the hard disk light keeps flashing...

Originally posted by JonePeng at 2005-7-21 21:07:
I just tried the method above, and in the DOS mode of Windows, it took 15 seconds to do a dir. If it's in pure DOS, it would take at least 20 seconds?! Sweat -_-|||

This is a relatively stupid method, uh...

Hehe

What does " >nul " mean in the sentence "dir %windir% /s /a >nul"?

Re jgty728:

To indicate not displaying the command output information, ">NUL" is applicable to all commands.

Passing by, but I remind the poster to write a good title for the post, such as How to make a batch script pause for five seconds and then continue running.

Re lin516:

Please refer to the following link:

{8905}A Strange Case of Batch Programming The Clock topic on floor 4