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MS-DOS Internal Commands

The CHOICE Command

Description:

Waits for the user to choose one of a set of choices.

Command Syntax:

CHOICE [/C[:]choices] [/N] [/S] [/T[:]c,nn] [text]

Explanation of Syntax:

[/C[:]choices] specifies allowable keys. Default is YN
[/N] Do not display choices and ? at end of prompt string.
[/S] Treat choice keys as case sensitive.
[/T[:]c,nn] Default choice to c after nn seconds
[text] Prompt string to display

ERRORLEVEL is set to offset of key user presses in choices.

Command Use:

This command can only be used in batch files.