Batch File: Typewriter Effect

Question

I just got some code to do this effect, but I need to it to type faster, like a letter every half a second.

for %%i in (h e l l o o o o o o o o o o o o o o)          


        

Answer 1

Pinging 0.0.0.0 gives PING: transmit failed. General failure error message nearly immediately.

(Edited according to suggestive rojo's comment)

Better to ping some address returning Request timed out message chosen from a Private-Use Network range.

for %%i in (h e l l o o o o o o o o o o o o o o) do (
   set /p a=%%inul 2>&1
)

Here:

• a.b.c.d = address returning Request timed out message, see (*) below.

• -4 = force using IPv4.

• -n 1 = number of echo requests to send (one).

• -w 500 = timeout in milliseconds to wait for each reply (500=1/2 sec); this should work to cca 5 seconds (approximate time for one unsuccesfull echo request).

(*) The following IPv4 address ranges have been reserved by the IANA for private internets, and are not publicly routable on the global internet:

 10.0.0.0     --   10.255.255.255  (10/8       prefix)
 172.16.0.0   --   172.31.255.255  (172.16/12  prefix)
 192.168.0.0  --   192.168.255.255 (192.168/16 prefix)