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Simulate typing effect in BATCH

i'm trying to simulate a typing effect in BATCH, and this is what i originally had:

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set "word=example"
set "output="
for /l %%x in (0, 1, 6) do (
    set "output=!output!!word:~%%x,1!"
    cls
    echo !output!_
    ping localhost -n 1 -w 200 >nul
)
cls
echo !output!
pause

however, this doesn't work and instead just echoes the word entirely without simulating any typing effect. any solution?

tried: the code above

expected: a simple, clear typing effect in which it types out the word.

result: just echoed the word, and no typing effect was actually simulated.

Solution

  • Does this help at all?

    It uses the built-in PATHPING.EXE utility, (instead of PING.EXE), to allow for a shorter delay between typed characters, in 'native batch'.

    @Echo Off & SetLocal EnableExtensions DisableDelayedExpansion
Set "STRING=This may contain possibly problematic characters, ^?&|*=%%<>)!""
(For /F %%G In ('"Prompt $H& For %%H In (1) Do Rem"') Do For /F Delims^=^ EOL^= %%I In ('%SystemRoot%\System32\cmd.exe /V /U /E /D /C "Set /P "^=!STRING!" 0<NUL" ^| %SystemRoot%\System32\find.exe /V ""') Do Set /P "=.%%G%%I" 0<NUL & %SystemRoot%\System32\PATHPING.EXE 127.0.0.1 -n -q 1 -p 100 1>NUL) & Echo(
Pause

    Just run it, as is, to see it working, then feel free to change the content of STRING as needed. You can also adjust the 100 in the PATHPING arguments to see how that affects the 'typing' effect.