whats wrong with this batch file

[C_Hickman]

@echo off
echo _ _ _
echo ___| |__ __ _ _ __ __| | | ___ _ __
echo / __| '_ \ / _` | '_ \ / _` | |/ _ \ '__|
echo (__| | | | (_| | | | | (_| | | __/ |
echo \___|_| |_|\__,_|_| |_|\__,_|_|\___|_|
pause
end

im new to batch. the text is a bit off in the typing above. im looking for it to display my ascii art but then pause at the end. if you can also tell me how to make it wait a few seconds before going to the next line

[Ed Dyreen]

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@echo off

echo._ _ _
>nul 2>&1 ping 0.0.0.0
echo.___^| ^|__ __ _ _ __ __^| ^| ^| ___ _ __
>nul 2>&1 ping 0.0.0.0
echo./ __^| '_ \ / _` ^| '_ \ / _` ^| ^|/ _ \ '__^|
>nul 2>&1 ping 0.0.0.0
echo.(__^| ^| ^| ^| (_^| ^| ^| ^| ^| (_^| ^| ^| __/ ^|
>nul 2>&1 ping 0.0.0.0
echo.\___^|_^| ^|_^|\__,_^|_^| ^|_^|\__,_^|_^|\___^|_^|
>nul 2>&1 ping 0.0.0.0

echo.
echo.'^|' is a special command; it takes stdout of previous command,
echo.spawns a new instance and sets stdin accordingly.

echo.echo.This works ^|findstr /lic:"works"
echo.This works |findstr /lic:"works"

pause
exit /b

[C_Hickman]

it worked, thanks, is there a way to make the delay a little shorter?

[Ed Dyreen]

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@echo off

echo. -n option can be used as multiplier default = 4 x 1000ms = 4000ms
>nul 2>&1 ping /n 1 "0.0.0.0"

ping /?

pause
exit /b

[nitt]

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@echo off

echo. -n option can be used as multiplier default = 4 x 1000ms = 4000ms
>nul 2>&1 ping /n 1 "0.0.0.0"

ping /?

pause
exit /b

What...?

Why not just use the IP address 0 and send the output to nul?

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@echo off
echo Waiting . . .
ping 0 -n 5 > nul

[Ed Dyreen]

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Why not just use the IP address 0 and send the output to nul?

Indeed, if you have a network-card AND have the TCP-IP driver running.
In case our bro is less fortune, may want to > both stderr&stdout > nul.

[nitt]

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Why not just use the IP address 0 and send the output to nul?

Indeed, if you have a network-card AND have the TCP-IP driver running.
In case our bro is less fortune, may want to > both stderr&stdout > nul.

But we aren't actually pinging an IP. That's why I use 0 instead of like 0.0.0.0, and stuff like that. Every time it pings, it will be unsuccessful. The command doesn't matter, nor what it returns.
And I also don't get how using ">nul 2>&1" like that has anything to do with your network card. It's just syntax...

You'd have to explain, because I don't get what you mean.

[Ed Dyreen]

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Disable your network hardware or TCPIP-protocol and see what happens on stderr.

[nitt]

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Disable your network hardware or TCPIP-protocol and see what happens on stderr.

I wish you could just tell me.

[Ed Dyreen]

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But we aren't actually pinging an IP. That's why I use 0 instead of like 0.0.0.0, and stuff like that. Every time it pings, it will be unsuccessful. The command doesn't matter, nor what it returns.
And I also don't get how using ">nul 2>&1" like that has anything to do with your network card. It's just syntax...

But we ARE actually pinging an IP, the command does matter, if it didn't we could just use echo. ">nul 2>&1" has nothing to do with your network card. It has to do with the output of the command they operate on. Ping however has everything to do with your network card.

I know of 2 cases where ping will complain, one being that you don't have at least one MAC and the second that the required driver isn't running. ( How would ping be able to ping if it doesn't know how ? ) The reason I direct stderr to null is because I don't wan't to be notified of unhandled errors.

[Captcha142]

To be more specific in the time delayed can't you

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ping 192.168.1.1 -n 1 -t 500>NUL

for 500 ms?

Or is this not exactly foolproof/anyone have problems with this?