here is the whole idea: I have a menu to test ping different DNS Servers in a batch file just like below:
:MainMenu
ECHO 1. DNS Server 1
ECHO 2. DNS Server 2
Now when the user chooses one of the options above, the process starts to ping the selected server in this case I use google DNS 8.8.8.8 :
:loopStarter
ECHO ***AUTO PING MODE IS ENABLED***
ECHO Pinging...
ping 8.8.8.8
CLS
GOTO loopStarter
As you can see this bunch of code creates a loop and pings the server and never stops,
HOWEVER
I want to stop the loop by entering a key (any key) to take me back to the :MainMenu
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I have seen and tested many answers like Here but unfortunately either I don't understand the code or it is not related to my problem.
I would appreciate it if anyone could guide me through.
Based on this method found here to create a dynamic menu, you can create something like that :
@echo off
:menuLOOP
Title Pinging some DNS
Color 9E & Mode 80,15
::===========================================================================
echo(
echo(
echo( ***************************** Menu ******************************
echo(
@for /f "tokens=2* delims=_ " %%A in ('"findstr /b /c:":menu_" "%~f0""') do (
echo %%A %%B)
echo(
echo( *****************************************************************
echo( Make A Selection And Hit ENTER to Ping or simply hit ENTER to quit:
Set /p Selection= || GOTO :EOF
echo( & call :menu_[%Selection%]
GOTO:menuLOOP
::===========================================================================
:menu_[1] Ping DNS Server 1
Cls
ECHO( Pinging...
ping 8.8.8.8
echo( & echo( Type any key to return to the Main Menu
pause>nul
Goto:menuLoop
::---------------------------------------------------------------------------
:menu_[2] Ping DNS Server 2
Cls
ECHO( Pinging...
ping 8.8.4.4
echo( & echo( Type any key to return to the Main Menu
pause>nul
Goto:menuLoop
::---------------------------------------------------------------------------