BAT file: Open new cmd window and execute a command in there

Question

I\'m trying to open a new command window in a BAT file:

start %windir%\\system32\\cmd.exe

After it opens, I\'d like to execute a BAT comman

Answer 1

You may already find your answer because it was some time ago you asked. But I tried to do something similar when coding ror. I wanted to run "rails server" in a new cmd window so I don't have to open a new cmd and then find my path again.

What I found out was to use the K switch like this:

start cmd /k echo Hello, World!

start before "cmd" will open the application in a new window and "/K" will execute "echo Hello, World!" after the new cmd is up.

You can also use the /C switch for something similar.

start cmd /C pause

This will then execute "pause" but close the window when the command is done. In this case after you pressed a button. I found this useful for "rails server", then when I shutdown my dev server I don't have to close the window after.

Answer 2

The above answers helped me. But still required some figuring out. Here is an example script I use to start 3 processes for web development. It results in 3 windows staying open, as they need to run continously.

Mongo is globally added to my path, so I don't need to cd like I do for the other two programs. Of course the path to your files will vary, but hopefully this will help.

:: Start MongoDB
start cmd.exe /k "mongod"

:: cd app directory, and start it
cd my-app
start cmd.exe /k "npm run dev"

:: cd to api server, and start that
cd ../my-app-api
start cmd.exe /k "npm run dev"