Question

In a shell script I have the following code:

if echo Mr.32 ; then
  echo Success
else
  echo Failed
  exit
fi

What is the equivalent syntax for Windows batch files?

Answer 1

I’m having a hard time envisioning when ECHO would fail with a returned ERRORLEVEL not equal 0. I suppose it could fail if the output has been redirected to a file and the target drive is full.

CptHammer has posted a good solution using ERRORLEVEL, although it uses GOTO unnecessarily. It can be done without GOTO using:

ECHO Mr.32
if errorlevel 1 (
  echo Failed
  exit /b
) else (
  echo Success
)

There is a simpler way to take action on SUCCESS or FAILURE of any command.

command && success action || failure action

In your case

ECHO Mr.32&& (
  echo Success
) || (
  echo Failed
  exit /b
)