How do I loop a batch script only a certain amount of times?

Question

How do I loop a batch script only a certain amount of times (x10 or something)? If the code was:

@echo off                                                                     
:loop1                                                                              
Start taskmgr.exe                                                       
Goto loop                                                                         
:loop2                                                                             
Start cmd.exe                                                                 
goto loop2     

How can loop loop1 and few times and go to loop2?

Any helpful answer would be appreciated :)

Answer 1

For a reason that i'm ignoring, the FOR command won't work for looping a specific label. For example (I may be wrong):

@echo off
for /L %%a in (1,1,2) do (
goto loop
)

:loop
echo this won't loop for 2 times.

This will simply loop infinite times. So, I have found an alternative simple method to loop a label as many times as I want. To do this, I create a variable, like loop that will have an even bigger number every time the label repeats.

There is an example:

@echo off
set loop=0
:loop
echo hello world
set /a loop=%loop%+1 
if "%loop%"=="2" goto next
goto loop

:next
echo This text will appear after repeating "hello world" for 2 times.

Output:

hello world
hello world
This text will appear after repeating "hello world" for 2 times.

Explanation:

• set loop=0 sets the value of the variable loop at 0;
• set /a loop=%loop%+1 adds 1 every time the label :loop is repeated.
• if "%loop%"=="2" goto next tests if the variable loop is equal to 2 (so it was repeated for 2 times); if it's equal, it will go to the label :next, otherwise it will go to the label :loop.