command linewindows 7
In Windows, when my program starts up from the command line, it displays a window, and on the command prompt it lets me enter another command. It is essentially the Linux equivalent of
./myprogram.exe &
Now, I don't want this. I want to see my console output. Is there any command line argument or some other way to block command prompt from giving me another prompt until the program terminates?
In bash, detach is a built-in, used as follows:
emacs &
detach %+ # or % + the number in brackets printed after the above
In zsh, you can background and detach in a single operation:
emacs &|
I am not aware of any hack that can increase the size of that window.
As far as I know, this size is built into cmd.exe and it would take a binary
hack of this executable to change it, which no one has done yet.
Some default settings are to be found in the registry under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console for all consoles as well as subkeys for individual settings for other console programs. However, there is no setting for this window size.
An alternative way of seeing more of the history is by using the doskey command.
DOSKEY /HISTORY
Displays all commands stored in memory.
DOSKEY /LISTSIZE=number
Sets size of command history buffer to number lines.
Otherwise, you could maybe find an alternative shell that does what you want. See the AlternativeTo article of Windows Command Prompt.
[EDIT]
In a deleted answer, user @Hicsy remarked that following the doskey /history command,
F9 can be used with a number counting from the bottom and starting with "1".
Best Answer
The empty string
""is the window title. It isn't really needed as I have it written, but it is a good idea to include it. It becomes important if your executable program path requires enclosing quotes due to spaces or other special characters, in which case the program will be mistakenly treated as the window title unless a quoted title string precedes it.There are a number of options with the START command. Type
START /?from a command prompt to get help.Note that some Windows programs launch additional processes that do the real work, and the initial process terminates.
START /WAITwould not help with such a program.