how keep Ping window open?

Trs80

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May 29, 2008, 7:05:40 PM5/29/08

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When I run Ping from the DOS command prompt, the Ping data returns in a DOS
window........but the window closes after it finishes. How do I keep the
DOS window open after it finishes so I can view the data?
thanks!

Ted Davis

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May 29, 2008, 9:40:15 PM5/29/08

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You must have some strange version of PING or are using it wierdly -
the PING that comes with Windows is a command line utility: it doesn't
open a window or close the one it's in - it just runs like any other
command line utility.

Screen dump:

C:\myfiles>ping 192.168.1.101

Pinging 192.168.1.101 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.101:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\myfiles>

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Timo Salmi

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May 31, 2008, 7:10:04 PM5/31/08

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2} On Windows XP how do you stop the script files from closing?
http://www.netikka.net/tsneti/info/tscmd002.htm

All the best, Timo

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kbm...@hotmail.com

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Jul 9, 2008, 8:36:59 AM7/9/08

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If you are using the "Run" option in the Start menu to process the
Ping request - that's the problem. You need to run your request from
an active DOS command window - not from "Run".

How? The command to open a DOS shell window is cmd

Hope this helps.

Kevin

bud

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Jul 10, 2008, 1:15:40 AM7/10/08

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Group: comp.os.msdos.misc Date: Wed, Jul 9, 2008, 5:36am (CDT-2) From:
kbm...@hotmail.com
script:

>How? The command to open a DOS shell
>window is cmd
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Kevin

Thanks Kevin. As an "NT newbie", I appreciate tips like this,… tho' I
realise that they are OT in a DOS group.

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Franc Zabkar

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Jul 10, 2008, 2:00:46 AM7/10/08

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pingOn Wed, 9 Jul 2008 05:36:59 -0700 (PDT), kbm...@hotmail.com put
finger to keyboard and composed:

Try ...

cmd /k ping address

Type "exit" to close the window.

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pkoo...@gmail.com

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Jul 9, 2012, 5:04:21 PM7/9/12

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This was the answer I was looking for. Thank you.

Timo Salmi

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Jul 31, 2012, 9:43:01 PM7/31/12

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pkoo...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Thursday, July 10, 2008 1:00:46 AM UTC-5, Franc Zabkar wrote:
>> cmd /k ping address
>> Type "exit" to close the window.

> This was the answer I was looking for. Thank you.

je...@tfsit.com

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Mar 2, 2017, 7:01:31 PM3/2/17

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This was right one thx big time!! this opens up a whole new world of possibilities!! - Jeff