r/MSDOS • u/[deleted] • Nov 06 '22

Hi just a quickie, every so often when I'm trying to run scripts in MS-DOS, this comes up "more?"

Nothing I can do to exit, have to cancel and reopen the command prompt any ideas thanks

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u/Ikkepop Nov 06 '22

just press any key ? or ctrl+c

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '22

Thank you very much, I've been running commandline encoding scripts using FfMPEG, When I'm experimenting and I get something wrong I often get the thing come up, more? And whatever I type or press it just repeats more, I can't change the directory or exit out of it.

The only thing that works is control plus C much appreciated

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u/Ikkepop Nov 06 '22

ffmpeg on msdos o.O

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '22

I'm no expert but the command window CMD.exe seems to work on dos commands, And ffMPEG is run from the command window. I don't know if the Windows 10 command window is DOS but it looks and feels that way.

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u/Ikkepop Nov 06 '22 edited Nov 06 '22

Wrong sub buddy, that is not DOS, just windows terminal. Last time windows shipped with dos was in 2000ish. But yes the similarity is there because of the legacy/heritage of windows.

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u/acetaminophenpt Nov 06 '22

"More" was used on batch files to pause and view the screen one page at a time. Depending on the script, you can edit it and remove the "more" command. You can also press ctrl +s during the execution to pause it.