Batch Commands is a special set of commands that are found only in batch files and enable special actions.
What is Batch Commands?
A special set of commands that are generally found only in batch files and enable special actions such as conditional processing. Any command supported by an operating system can be included in a batch file, but the commands listed in the table that follows are generally found only in batch files. These commands are all supported by Microsoft Windows 2000, while earlier versions of Windows might support only a subset of them.
Batch File Commands
| Command | Description |
| call | Calls one batch program from another while allowing the calling program to continue running |
| echo | Toggles command-echoing on or off |
| endlocal | Restores environment variables set by a setlocal command |
| for | Used to run a specified command for each file in a set of files |
| goto | Jumps to a specific line that is labeled in a batch file |
| if | Used to perform conditional processing of commands |
| pause | Suspends processing of the batch file and waits for the user to respond |
| rem | Used to insert remarks (comments) in a batch file for documentation purposes |
| setlocal | Initiates localization of environment variables in a batch file |
| shift | Used to change the position of replaceable parameters in a batch file |
