batch file
<operating system> (Or script) A text file containing
{operating system} commands which are executed automatically
by the {command-line interpreter}. In {Unix}, this is called
a "{shell script}" since it is the Unix {shell} which includes
the {command-line interpreter}. Batch files can be used as a
simple way to combine existing commands into new commands.
{autoexec.bat} is the best known example of an {MS-DOS} batch
file.
(1996-01-07)