How can I make an “are you sure” prompt in a Windows batchfile?

Question

I have a batch file that automates copying a bunch of files from one place to the other and back for me. Only thing is as much as it helps me I keep accidentally selecting t

Answer 1

The choice command is not available everywhere. With newer Windows versions, the set command has the /p option you can get user input

SET /P variable=[promptString]

see set /? for more info

Answer 2

If you want to the batch program to exit back to the prompt and not close the prompt (A.K.A cmd.exe) you can use "exit /b".

This may help.

set /p _sure="Are you sure?"
::The underscore is used to ensure that "sure" is not an enviroment
::varible
if /I NOT "_sure"=="y" (
::the /I makes it so you can
exit /b
) else (
::Any other modifications...
)

Or if you don't want to use as many lines...

Set /p _sure="Are you sure?"
if /I NOT "_sure"=="y" exit /b
::Any other modifications and commands.

Hope this helps...

Answer 3

Open terminal. Type the following

echo>sure.sh
chmod 700 sure.sh

Paste this inside sure.sh

#!\bin\bash

echo -n 'Are you sure? [Y/n] '
read yn

if [ "$yn" = "n" ]; then
    exit 1
fi

exit 0

Close sure.sh and type this in terminal.

alias sure='~/sure&&'

Now, if you type sure before typing the command it will give you an are you sure prompt before continuing the command.

Hope this is helpful!

Answer 4

Here a bit easier:

@echo off
set /p var=Are You Sure?[Y/N]: 
if %var%== Y goto ...
if not %var%== Y exit

or

@echo off
echo Are You Sure?[Y/N]
choice /c YN
if %errorlevel%==1 goto yes
if %errorlevel%==2 goto no
:yes
echo yes
goto :EOF
:no
echo no

Answer 5

First, open the terminal.

Then, type

cd ~
touch .sure
chmod 700 .sure

Next, open .sure and paste this inside.

#!/bin/bash --init-file
PS1='> '
alias y='
    $1
    exit
'
alias n='Taskkill /IM %Terminal% /f'
echo ''
echo 'Are you sure? Answer y or n.'
echo ''

After that, close the file.

~/.sure ; ENTER COMMAND HERE

This will give you a prompt of are you sure before continuing the command.