Why does the ping command in my batch file execute in a loop and navigates to the beginning?
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I created a .BAT file in Windows 10 that has the following lines:
set /p ipadress="Please select your favourite IP-adress."
echo %ipadress%
ping %ipadress% -n 10
However, when I navigate on this batch file to ping, I can see the ping command repeatedly being executed in a loop. I even tried to rename the ping.BAT to ping.CMD but the result is the same.
It works until the second line. After repeating the selected IP address, it ends in a loop and jumps to the beginning of my batch file.
I want to avoid writing ping command through the command prompt, which is why I created the batch file. I don't know why the ping command is being continuously called when the same statement is put in a batch file.
Do you have any ideas?
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I created a .BAT file in Windows 10 that has the following lines:
set /p ipadress="Please select your favourite IP-adress."
echo %ipadress%
ping %ipadress% -n 10
However, when I navigate on this batch file to ping, I can see the ping command repeatedly being executed in a loop. I even tried to rename the ping.BAT to ping.CMD but the result is the same.
It works until the second line. After repeating the selected IP address, it ends in a loop and jumps to the beginning of my batch file.
I want to avoid writing ping command through the command prompt, which is why I created the batch file. I don't know why the ping command is being continuously called when the same statement is put in a batch file.
Do you have any ideas?
batch-file
edited Nov 27 at 9:17
Kamil Maciorowski
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asked Nov 27 at 8:22
Nils
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Welcome to SuperUser! How is the batch file being called? can you show the output you get?
– Stese
Nov 27 at 8:25
the batch file is called "Ping2".
– Nils
Nov 27 at 8:29
rename it test.bat and try it again.
– Stese
Nov 27 at 8:31
it does the same, it ends in a loop.
– Nils
Nov 27 at 8:56
![output] (imgur.com/a/v9KqX3c)
– Nils
Nov 27 at 8:59
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I created a .BAT file in Windows 10 that has the following lines:
set /p ipadress="Please select your favourite IP-adress."
echo %ipadress%
ping %ipadress% -n 10
However, when I navigate on this batch file to ping, I can see the ping command repeatedly being executed in a loop. I even tried to rename the ping.BAT to ping.CMD but the result is the same.
It works until the second line. After repeating the selected IP address, it ends in a loop and jumps to the beginning of my batch file.
I want to avoid writing ping command through the command prompt, which is why I created the batch file. I don't know why the ping command is being continuously called when the same statement is put in a batch file.
Do you have any ideas?
batch-file
edited Nov 27 at 9:17
Kamil Maciorowski
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asked Nov 27 at 8:22
Nils
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I created a .BAT file in Windows 10 that has the following lines:
set /p ipadress="Please select your favourite IP-adress."
echo %ipadress%
ping %ipadress% -n 10
However, when I navigate on this batch file to ping, I can see the ping command repeatedly being executed in a loop. I even tried to rename the ping.BAT to ping.CMD but the result is the same.
It works until the second line. After repeating the selected IP address, it ends in a loop and jumps to the beginning of my batch file.
I want to avoid writing ping command through the command prompt, which is why I created the batch file. I don't know why the ping command is being continuously called when the same statement is put in a batch file.
Do you have any ideas?
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edited Nov 27 at 9:17
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Welcome to SuperUser! How is the batch file being called? can you show the output you get?
– Stese
Nov 27 at 8:25
the batch file is called "Ping2".
– Nils
Nov 27 at 8:29
rename it test.bat and try it again.
– Stese
Nov 27 at 8:31
it does the same, it ends in a loop.
– Nils
Nov 27 at 8:56
![output] (imgur.com/a/v9KqX3c)
– Nils
Nov 27 at 8:59
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Welcome to SuperUser! How is the batch file being called? can you show the output you get?
– Stese
Nov 27 at 8:25
the batch file is called "Ping2".
– Nils
Nov 27 at 8:29
rename it test.bat and try it again.
– Stese
Nov 27 at 8:31
it does the same, it ends in a loop.
– Nils
Nov 27 at 8:56
![output] (imgur.com/a/v9KqX3c)
– Nils
Nov 27 at 8:59
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Welcome to SuperUser! How is the batch file being called? can you show the output you get?
– Stese
Nov 27 at 8:25
Welcome to SuperUser! How is the batch file being called? can you show the output you get?
– Stese
Nov 27 at 8:25
the batch file is called "Ping2".
– Nils
Nov 27 at 8:29
the batch file is called "Ping2".
– Nils
Nov 27 at 8:29
rename it test.bat and try it again.
– Stese
Nov 27 at 8:31
rename it test.bat and try it again.
– Stese
Nov 27 at 8:31
it does the same, it ends in a loop.
– Nils
Nov 27 at 8:56
it does the same, it ends in a loop.
– Nils
Nov 27 at 8:56
![output] (imgur.com/a/v9KqX3c)
– Nils
Nov 27 at 8:59
![output] (imgur.com/a/v9KqX3c)
– Nils
Nov 27 at 8:59
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they loop to the german "old" text, which doesn't exist in the batch file anymore
Some old file is named ping.bat and it's in the same folder. ping %ipadress% -n 10 from your new file calls the old file. The old file probably calls ping (i.e. itself), hence the loop.
When a command is issued at the CMD prompt, the operating system will first look for an executable file in the current folder, if not found it will scan
%PATH%to find it.
(source, emphasis mine).
This also explains why there is absolutely no output from the ping utility in the screenshot you provided.
Solution: delete or rename the ping.bat file or explicitly run ping.exe to avoid running a different extension file with the same name (in current folder/preceeding in path).
2
Or explicitly run ping.exe to avoid running a different extension file with the same name. (+1)
– LotPings
Nov 27 at 11:53
1
@LotPings Good idea. My answer is now community wiki, it includes your useful comment.
– Kamil Maciorowski
Nov 27 at 11:57
we checked this again, now we have a "solution". on an another notebook, the batch file is running fine. we think, that we have crashed a system-variable, but we checked this in a tool.now we install windows new. do you have any idea?
– Nils
Nov 27 at 12:34
explicitly run ping.exe does not work as well. i mean, we solve the problem. but for the future its cannot be a solution, to install windows again, because of a problem in a batch file.... :-)
– Nils
Nov 27 at 12:40
@Nils So maybe yourping.exeis broken or there's a "fake"ping.exepreceding the right one in your%PATH.
– Kamil Maciorowski
Nov 27 at 12:43
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From comments:
they loop to the german "old" text, which doesn't exist in the batch file anymore
Some old file is named ping.bat and it's in the same folder. ping %ipadress% -n 10 from your new file calls the old file. The old file probably calls ping (i.e. itself), hence the loop.
When a command is issued at the CMD prompt, the operating system will first look for an executable file in the current folder, if not found it will scan
%PATH%to find it.
(source, emphasis mine).
This also explains why there is absolutely no output from the ping utility in the screenshot you provided.
Solution: delete or rename the ping.bat file or explicitly run ping.exe to avoid running a different extension file with the same name (in current folder/preceeding in path).
2
Or explicitly run ping.exe to avoid running a different extension file with the same name. (+1)
– LotPings
Nov 27 at 11:53
1
@LotPings Good idea. My answer is now community wiki, it includes your useful comment.
– Kamil Maciorowski
Nov 27 at 11:57
we checked this again, now we have a "solution". on an another notebook, the batch file is running fine. we think, that we have crashed a system-variable, but we checked this in a tool.now we install windows new. do you have any idea?
– Nils
Nov 27 at 12:34
explicitly run ping.exe does not work as well. i mean, we solve the problem. but for the future its cannot be a solution, to install windows again, because of a problem in a batch file.... :-)
– Nils
Nov 27 at 12:40
@Nils So maybe yourping.exeis broken or there's a "fake"ping.exepreceding the right one in your%PATH.
– Kamil Maciorowski
Nov 27 at 12:43
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From comments:
they loop to the german "old" text, which doesn't exist in the batch file anymore
Some old file is named ping.bat and it's in the same folder. ping %ipadress% -n 10 from your new file calls the old file. The old file probably calls ping (i.e. itself), hence the loop.
When a command is issued at the CMD prompt, the operating system will first look for an executable file in the current folder, if not found it will scan
%PATH%to find it.
(source, emphasis mine).
This also explains why there is absolutely no output from the ping utility in the screenshot you provided.
Solution: delete or rename the ping.bat file or explicitly run ping.exe to avoid running a different extension file with the same name (in current folder/preceeding in path).
2
Or explicitly run ping.exe to avoid running a different extension file with the same name. (+1)
– LotPings
Nov 27 at 11:53
1
@LotPings Good idea. My answer is now community wiki, it includes your useful comment.
– Kamil Maciorowski
Nov 27 at 11:57
we checked this again, now we have a "solution". on an another notebook, the batch file is running fine. we think, that we have crashed a system-variable, but we checked this in a tool.now we install windows new. do you have any idea?
– Nils
Nov 27 at 12:34
explicitly run ping.exe does not work as well. i mean, we solve the problem. but for the future its cannot be a solution, to install windows again, because of a problem in a batch file.... :-)
– Nils
Nov 27 at 12:40
@Nils So maybe yourping.exeis broken or there's a "fake"ping.exepreceding the right one in your%PATH.
– Kamil Maciorowski
Nov 27 at 12:43
|
show 4 more comments
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From comments:
they loop to the german "old" text, which doesn't exist in the batch file anymore
Some old file is named ping.bat and it's in the same folder. ping %ipadress% -n 10 from your new file calls the old file. The old file probably calls ping (i.e. itself), hence the loop.
When a command is issued at the CMD prompt, the operating system will first look for an executable file in the current folder, if not found it will scan
%PATH%to find it.
(source, emphasis mine).
This also explains why there is absolutely no output from the ping utility in the screenshot you provided.
Solution: delete or rename the ping.bat file or explicitly run ping.exe to avoid running a different extension file with the same name (in current folder/preceeding in path).
From comments:
they loop to the german "old" text, which doesn't exist in the batch file anymore
Some old file is named ping.bat and it's in the same folder. ping %ipadress% -n 10 from your new file calls the old file. The old file probably calls ping (i.e. itself), hence the loop.
When a command is issued at the CMD prompt, the operating system will first look for an executable file in the current folder, if not found it will scan
%PATH%to find it.
(source, emphasis mine).
This also explains why there is absolutely no output from the ping utility in the screenshot you provided.
Solution: delete or rename the ping.bat file or explicitly run ping.exe to avoid running a different extension file with the same name (in current folder/preceeding in path).
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Or explicitly run ping.exe to avoid running a different extension file with the same name. (+1)
– LotPings
Nov 27 at 11:53
1
@LotPings Good idea. My answer is now community wiki, it includes your useful comment.
– Kamil Maciorowski
Nov 27 at 11:57
we checked this again, now we have a "solution". on an another notebook, the batch file is running fine. we think, that we have crashed a system-variable, but we checked this in a tool.now we install windows new. do you have any idea?
– Nils
Nov 27 at 12:34
explicitly run ping.exe does not work as well. i mean, we solve the problem. but for the future its cannot be a solution, to install windows again, because of a problem in a batch file.... :-)
– Nils
Nov 27 at 12:40
@Nils So maybe yourping.exeis broken or there's a "fake"ping.exepreceding the right one in your%PATH.
– Kamil Maciorowski
Nov 27 at 12:43
|
show 4 more comments
2
Or explicitly run ping.exe to avoid running a different extension file with the same name. (+1)
– LotPings
Nov 27 at 11:53
1
@LotPings Good idea. My answer is now community wiki, it includes your useful comment.
– Kamil Maciorowski
Nov 27 at 11:57
we checked this again, now we have a "solution". on an another notebook, the batch file is running fine. we think, that we have crashed a system-variable, but we checked this in a tool.now we install windows new. do you have any idea?
– Nils
Nov 27 at 12:34
explicitly run ping.exe does not work as well. i mean, we solve the problem. but for the future its cannot be a solution, to install windows again, because of a problem in a batch file.... :-)
– Nils
Nov 27 at 12:40
@Nils So maybe yourping.exeis broken or there's a "fake"ping.exepreceding the right one in your%PATH.
– Kamil Maciorowski
Nov 27 at 12:43
2
2
Or explicitly run ping.exe to avoid running a different extension file with the same name. (+1)
– LotPings
Nov 27 at 11:53
Or explicitly run ping.exe to avoid running a different extension file with the same name. (+1)
– LotPings
Nov 27 at 11:53
1
1
@LotPings Good idea. My answer is now community wiki, it includes your useful comment.
– Kamil Maciorowski
Nov 27 at 11:57
@LotPings Good idea. My answer is now community wiki, it includes your useful comment.
– Kamil Maciorowski
Nov 27 at 11:57
we checked this again, now we have a "solution". on an another notebook, the batch file is running fine. we think, that we have crashed a system-variable, but we checked this in a tool.now we install windows new. do you have any idea?
– Nils
Nov 27 at 12:34
we checked this again, now we have a "solution". on an another notebook, the batch file is running fine. we think, that we have crashed a system-variable, but we checked this in a tool.now we install windows new. do you have any idea?
– Nils
Nov 27 at 12:34
explicitly run ping.exe does not work as well. i mean, we solve the problem. but for the future its cannot be a solution, to install windows again, because of a problem in a batch file.... :-)
– Nils
Nov 27 at 12:40
explicitly run ping.exe does not work as well. i mean, we solve the problem. but for the future its cannot be a solution, to install windows again, because of a problem in a batch file.... :-)
– Nils
Nov 27 at 12:40
@Nils So maybe your
ping.exe is broken or there's a "fake" ping.exe preceding the right one in your %PATH.– Kamil Maciorowski
Nov 27 at 12:43
@Nils So maybe your
ping.exe is broken or there's a "fake" ping.exe preceding the right one in your %PATH.– Kamil Maciorowski
Nov 27 at 12:43
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Welcome to SuperUser! How is the batch file being called? can you show the output you get?
– Stese
Nov 27 at 8:25
the batch file is called "Ping2".
– Nils
Nov 27 at 8:29
rename it test.bat and try it again.
– Stese
Nov 27 at 8:31
it does the same, it ends in a loop.
– Nils
Nov 27 at 8:56
![output] (imgur.com/a/v9KqX3c)
– Nils
Nov 27 at 8:59