I have two batch files - hello.cmd and hello2.cmd.

Here's the contents of hello.cmd:

@echo hello, world!

Here's the contents of hello2.cmd:

@hello
@hello

Why is "hello, world!" only output once?

On May 26, 1:25*pm, yawnmoth <terra1...******.com> wrote:
> I have two batch files - hello.cmd and hello2.cmd.
>
> Here's the contents of hello.cmd:
>
> @echo hello, world!
>
> Here's the contents of hello2.cmd:
>
> @hello
> @hello
>
> Why is "hello, world!" only output once?

You need to note that any "*.cmd files are Windows Script files and
not batch files (older DOS files.)

The first line "sends" the control over the hello, but there is no
means of return.

Add "call" to before hello

@call "hello"

"yawnmoth" <terra1024******.com> wrote in message
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>I have two batch files - hello.cmd and hello2.cmd.
>
> Here's the contents of hello.cmd:
>
> @echo hello, world!
>
> Here's the contents of hello2.cmd:
>
> @hello
> @hello
>
> Why is "hello, world!" only output once?

.. . . because the first @hello invokes hello.cmd, without
control ever returning to hello2.cmd. Try this instead:

@echo off
call hello
call hello

"smlunatick" <yveslec******.com> wrote in message
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On May 26, 1:25 pm, yawnmoth <terra1...******.com> wrote:
> I have two batch files - hello.cmd and hello2.cmd.
>
> Here's the contents of hello.cmd:
>
> @echo hello, world!
>
> Here's the contents of hello2.cmd:
>
> @hello
> @hello
>
> Why is "hello, world!" only output once?

You need to note that any "*.cmd files are Windows Script files and
not batch files (older DOS files.)
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Mhm. What exactly is the difference betwee a "Windows Script File"
and a "Batch File"? I used to think that a "Batch File" is an ASCII
file that contains a number of commands such as copy, md, del. Batch
files have a .bat or a .cmd extension. I'm not so sure about a "Windows
Script File" - the closest that comes to my mind is a "VB Script File",
which is something else again.

Under WinNT,2000,XP and Vista, files with a .cmd extension are
treated in exactly the same way as those with a .bat extension. No
difference there.