How to prevent auto-closing of console after the execution of batch file

In Windows/DOS batch files:

pause

This prints a nice "Press any key to continue . . . " message

Or, if you don't want the "Press any key to continue . . ." message, do this instead:

pause >nul

windows command-line batch-file

Depends on the exact question!

Normally pause does the job within a .bat file.

If you want cmd.exe not to close to be able to remain typing, use cmd /k command at the end of the file.

windows command-line batch-file

If you want cmd.exe to not close, and able to continue to type, use cmd /k

Just felt the need to clarify what /k does (from windows website):

/k : Carries out the command specified by string and continues.

So cmd /k without follow up command at the end of bat file will just keep cmd.exe window open for further use.

On the other hand pause at the end of a batch file will simply pause the process and terminate cmd.exe on first button press

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