batch file
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(operating system)(Or script) A text file containing
operating system commands which are executed automatically
by the command-line interpreter. In Unix, this is called
a "shell script" since it is the Unix shell which includes
the command-line interpreter. Batch files can be used as a
simple way to combine existing commands into new commands.
autoexec.bat is the best known example of an MS-DOS batch file.
autoexec.bat is the best known example of an MS-DOS batch file.
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