How to check if a service is running via batch file and start it, if it is not running?

Question

I want to write a batch file that performs the following operations:

• Check if a service is running
  • If is it running, quit the batch
  • If

Answer 1

Language independent version.

@Echo Off
Set ServiceName=Jenkins


SC queryex "%ServiceName%"|Find "STATE"|Find /v "RUNNING">Nul&&(
    echo %ServiceName% not running 
    echo Start %ServiceName%

    Net start "%ServiceName%">nul||(
        Echo "%ServiceName%" wont start 
        exit /b 1
    )
    echo "%ServiceName%" started
    exit /b 0
)||(
    echo "%ServiceName%" working
    exit /b 0
)