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DOS and Batch Files

Display ErrorLevel on the screen

SUMMARY: Debug batch files by displaying the error level returned by DOS commands.

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Debugging batch files and need to see the error level results of every DOS command echoed to the screen? Try this command:

COMMAND /Z

This echoes the command processor with 'errorlevel' echoed to the screen.

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