Suppress the 'press any key to continue' in batch script

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I am writing a batch script. After a stage in the command window it says 'press any key to continue' and halts, and after something is pressed the script continues. How can I prevent this in the script?

This question doesn't specify if you want to avoid the text or the stopping of the script. @Silly's answer will hide the text, @user1066231's answer will cause the script will not stop and wait. This could actually also be achieved by `pausenul` but has different result — papo, May 13 '18 at 20:34

score 9 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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That's the output of the PAUSE command:

http://ss64.com/nt/pause.html

The problem with PAUSE is that it's often necessary when you run a batch file from Windows explorer (or you cannot read the output) but it's annoying in the command prompt. I asked about it here and I was suggested a nifty trick:

Conditional PAUSE (not in command line)

edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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answered Dec 29 '10 at 08:57

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score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 05 '13 at 20:22

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Pause>nul Will make it not echo 'press any key to continue . . .'

answered Sep 05 '13 at 20:22

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Brilliant! And since PAUSE seems to wait too long I now use this : `timeout /t 1 >nul` – Massimo Jul 08 '21 at 07:56

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 12 '17 at 06:25

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you can call other script like this from source, @echo | call otherScript.bat please find the detailed answer here Another thread with example

answered Oct 12 '17 at 06:25

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Suppress the 'press any key to continue' in batch script

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