How can I manipulate the command line through VBScript?

Question

Could anyone give me example code to access the command line through VBScript? I want to execute two commands respectively in a command prompt.

For example, first command: cd C:\a, second command: winzip32.exe -min -a D:\d.

ghostdog74 · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-17 08:12:28Z

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you can use wshell.Run. The other one is wshell.exec

answered Mar 17, 2010 at 8:12

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but can it be used to run certain set of commands rather than just launching an application?

if you use it in a loop, yes.

aphoria · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-18 19:56:00Z

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Put your commands in a .cmd or .bat file and then run that. You could even build the batch file inside your script if it is not static.

MyBatch.cmd

CD C:\a
winzip32.exe -min -a D:\d

MyScript.vbs

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run "MyBatch.cmd"

answered Mar 18, 2010 at 19:56

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