Desktop scripting/bat files

bat Files!

(available for windows)

Bat files are (possibly) the easiest way to automate a given task on windows.

If your task can be done from the command prompt, those actions can be saved to a file, then played back later; simply by double clicking it!

Setting up an bat script

1) cd to the folder where you'd like to save your script

2) run:

.>[nameYourFileHere].bat

• this will create a blank plain text file of that name

3) Open the file you've just created in a text editor. (notepad, notepad++, Atom, vsCode, they're all fine)

4} Type and save whatever you'd like to run in the shell.

• seperate commands with " && "

Using an bat script

double click the file you've created

• a command prompt will open and run the command(s) that you've put in the bat file.

Advanced usage

bat scripts can of course do far more than this, and I may one day cover it.

For example, they can provide input to terminal commands that require USER input!

But for now, I leave you to https://www.google.com/