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Asked: 2021-11-18T08:31:42+00:00 In:

Put A Time Limit On The .BAT

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Hi,

Ok i have two .BAT files. The first one i set up so it ask for a password, if that password is wrong it loops round asking for it again. Once the correct password is entered it triggers the second .BAT which is a variation of the ‘Matrix Batch File’.

The ‘Matrix Batch File’, if your unaware of it, just runs through random numbers at a high speed and look asif the PC is decoding something. This batch file never ends, it just keeps going.

What i want to do is bring it to an end, say after 10 seconds! but i am unsure of how to go about it. Would you be able to help me?

Coding for ‘Matrix Batch File’ == :

@echo off
title System Decryption
:start
color 00
echo %random%%random% %random%%random% %random%%random% %random%%random% %random%%random% %random%%random%
goto start

I dont think you would need the coding for the Password BAT but i can post it if you want

Thanks

Matt

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    3 Answers

    1. In place of the SET /A logic, how about:
      (untested)

      @echo off
      title System Decryption
      color 00
      for /L %%A IN (1,1,4000) DO (
      echo %random%%random% %random%%random% %random%%random% %random%%random% %random%%random% %random%%random%
      )
      cls
      title Decypted Intelligence
      echo Decrypted Intelligence: 173a region street, ADVANCE on TARGET at 08:13
      echo.
      echo please press any key to exit
      pause> nul
      exit

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    2. To change the pause message you can do:
      @echo off
      title Decypted Intelligence
      colour 00
      cls
      echo Decrypted Intelligence: 173a region street, ADVANCE on TARGET at 08:13
      echo.
      echo please press any key to exit
      pause> nul
      :end

      —-

      Alternatively to prevent the need for an additional window and simply clear the matrix code and show your message, you can change your matrix code:

      @echo off
      title System Decryption
      set /a counta=1
      :start
      if %counta% equ 4000 goto end
      set /a counta=%counta%+1
      color 00
      echo %random%%random% %random%%random% %random%%random% %random%%random% %random%%random% %random%%random%
      goto start
      :end
      cls
      title Decypted Intelligence
      colour 00
      cls

      echo Decrypted Intelligence: 173a region street, ADVANCE on TARGET at 08:13
      echo.
      echo please press any key to exit
      pause> nul
      exit

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    3. If exact time isn’t a necessity, you can accomplish this by looping through your commands a predetermined amount of times. On my system I found that 4000 loops equaled to approximately 10 seconds.
      See below:

      @echo off
      title System Decryption
      set /a counta=1
      :start
      if %counta% equ 4000 goto end
      set /a counta=%counta%+1
      color 00
      echo %random%%random% %random%%random% %random%%random% %random%%random% %random%%random% %random%%random%
      goto start
      :end
      pause
      ::Put whatever you like to happen here

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