VBscript write to command console

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VBscript write to command console

Filip 831

Hello everybody.
Can i run .vbs file in the command line and get there printed output?
I tried :

Dim StdOut : Set StdOut = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").GetStandardStream(1)  
  
WScript.Echo "Hello"  
WScript.StdOut.Write "Hello"  
WScript.StdOut.WriteLine "Hello"  
Stdout.WriteLine "Hello"  
Stdout.Write "Hello"

Thanks for help.

Xingyu Zhao-MSFT 5,381 Reputation points

2021-04-20T09:24:11.73+00:00

Hi @Filip ,
Unfortunately, vbscript is currently not supported in the Q&A forums, the supported products are listed over here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/products (more to be added later on). Thank you for your understanding.

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Xingyu Zhao-MSFT 5,381 Reputation points

2021-04-20T09:24:11.73+00:00

Hi @Filip ,
Unfortunately, vbscript is currently not supported in the Q&A forums, the supported products are listed over here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/products (more to be added later on). Thank you for your understanding.

Answer 1

Viorel 122.5K

Use WScript.Echo "Hello" line only (remove other lines) and start the script in console using this command: cscript test.vbs.

Filip 831 Reputation points

2021-04-14T12:06:18.553+00:00

Hello @Viorel .
It show me a message box but I want to get the "Hello" output seen in command line.
I mean when i run it in cmd i want to see in the console the output.
Is it possible to do?
Thanks for answare.
Viorel 122.5K Reputation points

2021-04-14T12:14:29.113+00:00

I think that it is possible. Inside the test.vbs file, use WScript.Echo "Hello". Open a console (Command Prompt), go to your folder and type cscript test.vbs.
Sam of Simple Samples 5,546 Reputation points

2021-04-14T17:38:22.077+00:00
When I execute your script using the instructions provided by Viorel-1 (use cscript) I get:

Hello HelloHello Hello Hello
Filip 831 Reputation points

2021-04-20T12:14:25.723+00:00

Hello @SimpleS.
Do you get this output to cmd console or as pop up messages?
Because i got all time only pop up messages and I want get an output to console from where i run it.
Thanks for answare.

Answer 2

MotoX80 36,291

Windows has 2 VB script processors, WScript.exe (GUI) and CScript.exe (console). To get the output to display in a command prompt you have to use cscript.exe.

cscript.exe C:\MyScriptsFolder\MyScript.vbs

If you just type in the script name Windows will use the default which is wscript.exe. You can change that from an admin command prompt.

cscript.exe //H:CScript

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