![]() CLS, do not work as expected when redirected to CON and will output extra control characters. Most basic text editors will stop reading after the first EOF marker. When using COPY the CTRL-Z can be placed anywhere, but when using TYPE it is important that the CTRL-Z is only entered at the beginning of a new line, otherwise it will just be saved into the file and you will have two EOF markers in the same file. It allows one line to break out of the redirection and display on the screen:Īfter entering COPY CON or TYPE CON, type in the text required, note there is no prompt for this, then end the file by typing CTRL-Z, this will insert an EOF marker: ASCII 0x1a ( SUB). Without context this may not look useful, but when used within a redirected block, ![]() Pass an Echo command as input to the console: The console accepts this input and acts like `TYPE file.txt` Type from the console to append to a file, if the file does not already exist it will be created: By prompting for user input, the resulting entry can be saved for further use in the code, or to pause execution as necessary.CON (short for Console) is an input/output DEVICE, not a command. Read-Host is one of the most common ways to prompt for user input. With this method, a manual action must be taken, but it can be very useful to require a confirmation to continue and potentially include additional input. The other way to pause execution is by prompting for user input. ![]() The above methods describe ways to pause execution, but only for a set amount of time. While thread sleep has its uses, it is better to use one of the other built-in methods because of these issues. Since thread sleep counts coincide with clock ticks, then other programs may interrupt this pause function and force the wait to take longer. All thread sleep has a guarantee that it will wait at least that many seconds. Depending on your application, this may be preferable.Īlso important to know about thread sleep is that it is not an exact time guarantee. Unlike Start-Sleep, the Thread Sleep method does not allow you to break out of the sleep routine using Ctrl-C. To indefinitely pause a thread, you can use the ::InfiniteTimeSpan but keep in mind this may lock up your process. Start-Sleep has an alias of sleep as well. By combining the two, precise control over the length of the pause can be achieved. Seconds can be a System.Double number value while milliseconds takes only System.Int32 values. This command takes two simple inputs, which are -Seconds and -Milliseconds. The most commonly used pause command is by far, Start-Sleep. To start with, we will begin outlining the native methods as they are most used in scripts. Which one you use will influence how execution is paused and what other effects that pause may include. ![]()
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