In shell I can do this:
if test -t 0 ; then
echo stdin is a tty
exit 0
fi
How can I do this in batch?
In shell I can do this:
if test -t 0 ; then
echo stdin is a tty
exit 0
fi
How can I do this in batch?
EDITED - Thank you to all the testers.
@echo off
timeout 1 2>nul >nul
if errorlevel 1 (
echo input redirected
) else (
echo input is console
)
The timeout command tries to directly get access to the console, and this will fail if the batch file is executed as
myBatchFile.cmd < input.txt
echo something | myBatchFile.cmd
Tested on Windows XP (timeout from W2003 Resource Kit), 7 and 8.1.