Windows – how can I make the .bat file continue after an error

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I have a .bat file in windows that does three things

cmd1 arg1 arg2
cmd2 arg3 
cmd3 arg4 arg5 arg6

Sometimes cmd1 can fail and that's fine, I would like to carry on and execute cmd2 and cmd3. But my bat stops at cmd1. How can I avoid this?

Update for clarity – these are not other .bat files, they are exe commands. Hopefully I don't have to build a tree of .bat files just to achieve this.

Best Answer

Another option is to use the amperstand (&)

cmd1 & cmd2 & cmd3

If you use a double, it only carries on if the previous command completes successfully (%ERRORLEVEL%==0)

cmd1 && cmd2 && cmd3

If you use a double pipe (||), it only runs the next command if the previous completes with an error code (%ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0)

cmd1 || cmd2 || cmd3

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