Insert command in already open CMD through a .bat

Question

I coded a website where my friends can start and close their Minecraft server over PHP. To stop their server, a .bat file kills the process, but normally Minecraft servers will be stopped with the "Stop" command. The Minecraft server is running in a CMD and so my question is:

Is it possible to send a command from a started .bat to a separate, already open CMD so that the already open CMD stop the Server?

Answer 1

You can send keys to the console - but eventually you'll need to know the name of the command prompt window. Check the ready to use sendKeys.bat :

call sendKeys.bat "command prompt" "stop{ENTER}"

in case the title is just command prompt - it could be different so you need to check this.

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