Running CMD command and waiting for it to finish. Topic is solved

[Vandalieu]

So I'm trying to create a hotkey that will run a ping or tracert in command prompt and output the results to a file. That's easy and all but I'm stumped as I want to use autohotkey variables and the like, so that stops me from using the run and runwait commands.

This is where I am at so far:

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^!numpad4::
InputBox, var, What address would you like to ping? 
if ErrorLevel
{
	return
}
run, cmd.exe
WinWait, C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
Sendinput, prompt Time:$T $B Path: $P$G{enter}cd "\path"{enter}cls{enter}ping %var%>ping-%A_Hour%%A_Min%-%A_DD%%A_MM%%A_YYYY%-%var%.txt{enter}
return

Now that works fine. That does exactly as I would like it to. Now what I want is that after It is finished with it's ping test is to exit the command prompt window.

Is there any dynamic wait command that will specifically target the ping command? I could split the code into multiple Sendinput lines if there were a specific command to run right before it.

Any ideas? Scoured the web to no avail.

[flyingDman]

Use this to have the ping response go straight to the clipboard:

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s1 := "google.com"
Runwait %comspec% /c ping %s1% | clip,,hide

Use this for it to go to a txt file:

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s1 := "google.com"
Runwait %comspec% /c ping %s1% > %A_Hour%%A_Min%-%A_DD%%A_MM%%A_YYYY%-%s1%.txt,, hide

You'll never see the command prompt window.

[Vandalieu]

Use this to have the ping response go straight to the clipboard:

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s1 := "google.com"
Runwait %comspec% /c ping %s1% | clip,,hide

Use this for it to go to a txt file:

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s1 := "google.com"
Runwait %comspec% /c ping %s1% > %A_Hour%%A_Min%-%A_DD%%A_MM%%A_YYYY%-%s1%.txt,, hide

You'll never see the command prompt window.

I attempted both of those (copy and paste) and only got the first one to work, placing the results straight to the clipboard, and that worked even with all my variables, etc.

The second one, however, I was unable to get working no matter how I put it. For the sake of simplicity - this is what I've tried to get going:

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^!numpad4::
Runwait %comspec% /c cd "C:\Users\User\Desktop\cmdoutput" | ping google.com > TESTING.txt ;,, hide
return

That does not work. No file is created in that directory. I tested it by copy and pasting into cmd for 100% accuracy and it worked
If I edit it a little and have it as so:

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^!numpad4::
Runwait %comspec% /c cd "C:\Users\User\Desktop\cmdoutput" | ping google.com | clip ;,,hide
return

Then it works! It just seems to not want to create the file and paste in there for some reason. I got rid of all the date and time variables just in case they were to interfere with it at all and nothing.
I don't believe that it should require any administrative permissions as it should run as the current user (I assume).

Is there a way to create a .txt file with the clipboard as the contents? Without seeing any GUI come up on the screen. If that's easier than having to have administrator permissions (which my user does) then I don't see any downside.

PS. The ',, hide' being a comment in both of my examples is to say I have tested it with and without it.

[garry]

Is there a way to create a .txt file with the clipboard as the contents?

script from flyingDman

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s1 := "google.com"
Runwait %comspec% /c ping %s1% | clip,,hide
fileappend,%clipboard%`r`n,test55.txt
exitapp

[flyingDman]

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^!numpad4::
Runwait %comspec% /c cd "C:\Users\User\Desktop\cmdoutput" | ping google.com > TESTING.txt ;,, hide
return

works here

[Vandalieu]

Thanks heaps for this! I'll put what I learned here to good use in my future hotkeys.

[garry]

@flyingDman thank you for the examples , works fine , but I've just problem with change directory
the second command : ping > testing.txt is in 'a_scriptdir' ( not in changed directory )
seems correct :
Runwait %comspec% /k cd /D "D:\M_GARRY"&ping google.com >TESTING1.txt,,

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;- Example OK :
/*
fd1:="D:\M_GARRY"
fl1:=fd1 . "\testing.txt"
setworkingdir,%fd1%
Runwait %comspec% /c ping google.com >TESTING.txt,,
try
  run,%fl1%
return
*/

;- Example OK :
;Runwait %comspec% /k cd /D "D:\M_GARRY"   ;- OK


;- here problem with change directory / testing.txt is written to  'a_scriptdir'  :
/*
Runwait %comspec% /k cd /D "D:\M_GARRY" | ping google.com >TESTING1.txt,,
Runwait %comspec% /k cd "C:\TEST" | ping google.com >TESTING2.txt,,
*/

;- Example OK :
Runwait %comspec% /k cd /D "D:\M_GARRY"&ping google.com >TESTING1.txt,,

[flyingDman]

It should have been:

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Runwait %comspec% /c cd "C:\Users\User\Desktop\cmdoutput" && ping google.com > testing.txt ;,, hide
return

but, obviously, one could use:

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Runwait %comspec% /c ping google.com > C:\Users\User\Desktop\cmdoutput\testing.txt ;,, hide
return

[garry]

@flyingDman , thank you