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batch file

Script file for Microsoft computer operating systems

Also known as batch · BAT file

Instance of: file format
, script file
Subclass of: computer file

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A batch file is a script file in DOS, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows. It consists of a series of commands to be executed by the command-line interpreter, stored in a plain text file. A batch file may contain any command the interpreter accepts interactively and use constructs that enable conditional branching and looping within the batch file, such as IF, FOR, and GOTO labels. The term "batch" is from batch processing, meaning "non-interactive execution", though a batch file might not process a batch of multiple data.

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File extension: bat
cmd
btm
Media type: application/x-bat nature of statement: unofficial
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1.gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/shared-mime-info/-/blob/2.3/data/freedesktop.org.xml.in#L3231-3238Retrieved 2023-11-11
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