running multiple commands in cmd with Delphi

Question

I am trying to use cmd from Delphi to apply some commands. I use following code

ShellExecute(Application.handle, 'runas', 'cmd.exe',
  PChar('/c command to do '), nil, SW_show);

I want to run more than one command in the same execution, for example

/c command1 command2 command3

I already made a bat file to run some commands. But I don't like the idea of storing a bat to my project. Can I apply more than one command in one execution? Can this be done?

Do you need to use a command interpreter. Can't you use API functions instead. — David Heffernan
– David Heffernan, Commented Jan 5, 2017 at 8:41
i dont know if there is api to do commands instead of using cmd it self in delphi i will search about that — Vlark.Lopin
– Vlark.Lopin, Commented Jan 5, 2017 at 8:58
How do you think cmd does it. It isn't turtles all the way down. — David Heffernan
– David Heffernan, Commented Jan 5, 2017 at 9:07
@Vlark.Lopin IOW, what specific commands are you wanting to run? There is most likely API functions to accomplish the same actions more directly. — Remy Lebeau
– Remy Lebeau, Commented Jan 5, 2017 at 16:33
@RemyLebeau i will run some netsh commands , the answer helps to do all of them — Vlark.Lopin
– Vlark.Lopin, Commented Jan 6, 2017 at 6:15

EugeneK · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-05 09:03:50Z

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You can try separating commands with &&, here is working example

  ShellExecute(Application.handle, 'open', 'cmd.exe',
    PChar('/c "copy /Y file1.txt file2.txt&&copy /Y file2.txt file3.txt"'), nil, SW_show);

answered Jan 5, 2017 at 9:03

EugeneK

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Luiz Vaughan Over a year ago

Thank you a lot ! As a side note, one must declare the ShellAPI in the Uses first

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