Microsoft DOS choice command
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Allows for batch files and scripts to wait for the user to choose a set of choices.
Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP users who have batch files that utilize the choice command should modify the batch file to use the MS-DOS set command.
The choice command is an external command and is available in
MS-DOS 6.0+
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows Vista
Windows 7
| choice | [/C[:]choices] [/N] [/S] [/T[:]c,nn] [text] |
| Options: | |
| /C[:]choices | Specifies allowable keys. Default is YN |
| /N | Do not display choices and ? at end of prompt string. |
| /S | Treat choice keys as case sensitive. |
| /T[:]c,nn | Default choice to c after nn seconds |
| text | Prompt string to display |
See batch file page for additional examples and uses of the choice command.