If elseif else in windows batch file-CodePudding

I have a bat script for which I need to provide a parameter. If that parameter equals, "my-test1", it will execute a script. If that parameter equals "my-test2", it will execute another one. If the parameter does not exist in any of the if/elseif, return code 1.

How could I achieve this? Please find below what I've tried so far.

   if "%~1" == "my-test1" (
            python.exe mypath\my_test1.py
            )
    elseif "%~1" == "my-test2" (
            python.exe mypath\my_test2.py
            )
    else
        EXIT WITH AN EXECUTION CODE 1

CodePudding user response：

else and if are separate keywords. Put a space between them. EXIT WITH AN EXECUTION CODE 1 should be exit /b 1

AND else must be on the same physical line as the ) closing the true conditional processing

AND else must either be followed by some command(s) or ( and commands on the next line(s)

ie.

 if "%~1" == "my-test1" (
            python.exe mypath\my_test1.py
            ) else if "%~1" == "my-test2" (
            python.exe mypath\my_test2.py
            ) else EXIT /b 1

Use if /i to do a case-insensitive match

CodePudding user response：

If your scripts are genuinely numerically named, you can use choice:

@echo off
echo %1|choice /c 12 /m "my-test1 mytest-2"
python.exe "mypath\my_test%errorlevel%.py"

This will prompt the user if you run the file as is filename.cmd or it can be used with paramaters filename.cmd 1

if however you want to retain the current format to use specific input such as filename.cmd my-test1 no need for if and else.

@echo off
if "%~1" == "my-test1" python.exe "mypath\my_test1.py"
if "%~1" == "my-test2" python.exe "mypath\my_test2.py"