Windows Command line: Is there any way to check syntax of bat file without actually running it?

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score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 17 '18 at 19:43

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Unfortunately a good and extensive checker doesn't really exist.

The only one I was able to locate is BatCodeCheck, which dates from 2014 and which checks for only a limited number of errors.

answered Aug 17 '18 at 19:43

harrymc

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 20 '18 at 09:07

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Maybe you could try to run the .bat in a sandbox enironment. I haven't tried it myself, but start the cmd.exe in a sandbox programm and then try to execute the bat file.

This might work if all necessary files are present.

answered Aug 20 '18 at 09:07

gxor

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 24 '24 at 16:42

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The obvious answer is yes, with the brain. Unfortunately for many of us, turns out to be not 100% reliable.

What might help is a few libraries mentioned in this thread:

Library.bat with description here.
JPSoft command debugging.
Batch Compiler.

answered Aug 24 '24 at 16:42

Laurie Stearn

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Windows Command line: Is there any way to check syntax of bat file without actually running it?

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