Hello!

Recently I've been experimenting a bit using scripts that contain variables that the user should enter.
For example, a very simple one to shutdown a computer after X-amount of time: (example use-case:  I download large files during the night, so it doesn't count towards my ISP data-usage)

@echo off
set /p time=Enter time in seconds:
shutdown /s /t %time%
timeout /t 3 /NOBREAK
exit

however, upon executing said script, the app doesn't request for the variable to be filled out. (I guess it's not made for such uses)
Obviously, i can manually enter the command using CMD, but i don't want to be typing the command every time i need it. (you can call me lazy :p)

Any ideas how to do this correctly?

Edited November 24, 20186 yr by Wannes Vande Wiele
changed wording

You could have multiple versions of the script (Shutdown in an hour, shutdown in a day, etc) until we add support for variables. You could also give a try to this plugin:

-Paul