How to make batch file stop when command fails

Question

How do i make a batch file to stop running other/next commands if first or any other command fails.

call grails clean 
call grails compile 
call grails package
call grails war

If grails clean fail then grails compile should not run and same with others.

Is grails a batch file or an executable? Please specify in your batch file grails with file extension. The command call is needed only for batch files, not for console applications. To exit a batch file on previous command exited not successful use if errorlevel 1 goto :EOF or if errorlevel 1 exit /B 1. Run in a command prompt window if /? and goto /? for help on those two commands. Run in command prompt window also exit /? for help on this command in case of grails is a batch file which needs to exit with an exit code greater 0 on error for parent batch file exit. — Mofi
– Mofi, Commented Oct 20, 2016 at 6:34
Possible duplicate of How do I make a batch file terminate upon encountering an error? — roelofs
– roelofs, Commented Oct 20, 2016 at 6:37
If grails sets the ErrorLevel, an if not ErrorLevel 1 (meaning ErrorLevel < 1) query could be used; if grails sets the exit code, use && operator (execute next command in case of zero exit code); ErrorLevel and exit code are equal most of the time but are actually different things... — aschipfl
– aschipfl, Commented Oct 20, 2016 at 9:23

joce · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-03 18:48:43Z

4

The ERRORLEVEL environment variable holds the return value of the last executed command. So you can use:

IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 (
  echo "Previous command execution failed."
  exit %ERRORLEVEL%
)

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answered Dec 3, 2018 at 18:26

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Wouldn't %ERRORLEVEL% inside the if be the result of echo?