I see the following bizarre behavior:
I paste this code in cmd:
echo test1
timeout 2
echo test2
I see the following output after 2 seconds:
C:\>echo test1
test1
C:\>timeout 2
Waiting for 0 seconds, press a key to continue ...
C:\>
Why isn't echo test2
executed?
timeout
likely clears any input before waiting for "a key to continue". Note that echo test2
isn't printed as well. It works fine in a batch file.
Note what happens when I paste this:
set /p xyz=input?
echo test2
Output:
C:\>set /p xyz=input?
input? echo test2
C:\>set xyz
xyz=echo test2
The second "command" becomes input to set
and sets the xyz
variable.