12: Common International Settings (continued)
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Automation Essentials
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Chapter 5: Creating CMD and BAT Files
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Chapter 6: Working with Scripts
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Chapter 7: Editing and Compiling Batch Files and Scripts
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Chapter 8: Performing Task Automation
Chapter 5
Creating CMD and BAT Files
So far, you??™ve performed all of the Server Core configuration tasks manually, by typing individual
commands at the command prompt. Performing tasks manually makes sense when you??™ll only perform
a task once or when you want to learn something new about a command or utility. However,
performing repetitive tasks manually is boring, error prone, and inefficient. One of the easiest ways
to automate command line tasks is to use batch files. A batch file works just as if you??™d typed the
commands manually, but you??™re asking the computer to type them.
Users have relied on batch files of various sorts for many years because they??™re quick to create,
easy to understand, and painless to modify. Testing a batch file is simple??”you don??™t need any
fancy tools or a debugger. In fact, as far as any kind of programming goes, working with batch files
represents the least difficult way to get started.
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