TSCMD103 FAQ: How do I exit a loop by pressing a key? Assorted NT/2000/XP/.. CMD.EXE script tricks written by Timo Salmi

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103} How do I exit a loop by pressing a key?

You may wish to revisit item #14 first. Anyway:

@echo off & setlocal enableextensions
::
:: CHOOSE.EXE is a 16-bit executable
if defined ProgramW6432 (
echo/
echo Exiting: %~f0 is incompatible with 64-bit Windows
goto :EOF)
::
:: Test for CHOOSE.EXE availability at path / in the current folder
for %%f in ("CHOOSE.EXE") do set found_=%%~$PATH:f
if exist CHOOSE.EXE set found_=CHOOSE.EXE
if "%found_%"=="" (
echo CHOOSE.EXE choice.com clone not found.
echo Available from tscmd.zip
goto :EOF)
::
echo Press x to exit the loop
::
:_loop
set /a i_+=1
choose /n /c:nx /tn,0 > nul
if %errorlevel% NEQ 2 goto _loop
::
echo i_=%i_% ^(cycles^)
endlocal & goto :EOF

The output would be e.g.
C:\_D\TEST>cmdfaq
Press x to exit the loop
i_=37 (cycles)

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