WSH (Windows Script Host)

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This chapter provides tutorial examples and notes on WSH (Windows Script Host). Topics include running WSH commands, cscript and wscript, with options; summary of WSH runtime objects; using StdIn and StdOut for input and output; running system commands with script code; defining script jobs in a WSF file.

What is WSH (Windows Script Host)?

"csript.exe/wscript.exe" Command Version and Options

Running VBScript Code Files

"WScript" Runtime Object Hierarchy

"oShell.Exec(cmd)" - Running System Command with a Script

WSF - Windows Script File XML Format

Conclusions:

• WSH (Windows Script Host) is an administrative tool to run scripts written in scripting language like VBScript.
• WSH provides runtime objects to allow your script code to interact with the local system environment.
• WSF (Windows Script File) is an XML file format that allows you to define scripting jobs.
• Two WSH commands, cscript.exe and wscript.exe, are provided to run scripts with and without a command window.