#DOS Batch — the answer to life, the Universe and everything

Thanks to mynameiscoffey for his simplification!

Save as answer.bat:

@ ping 127.0.0.1 -n 76 >nul && @ echo %~z0

Then run it, and wait 75 seconds:

> answer
42

DOS Batch — the answer to life, the Universe and everything

Thanks to mynameiscoffey for his simplification!

Save as answer.bat:

@ ping 127.0.0.1 -n 76 >nul && @ echo %~z0

Then run it, and wait 75 seconds:

> answer
42

#DOS Batch — the answer to life, the Universe and everything

Thanks to mynameiscoffey for his simplification!

Save as answer.bat:

@ echo 127.0.0.1 -n 76 >nul && @ echo %~z0

Then run it:

> answer
42

#DOS Batch — the answer to life, the Universe and everything

Thanks to mynameiscoffey for his simplification!

Save as answer.bat:

@ ping 127.0.0.1 -n 76 >nul && @ echo %~z0

Then run it, and wait 75 seconds:

> answer
42

#DOS Batch — 38, but that's not the actual length of the code (hint!)

Save in NotePad as question.bat, with a carriage return after each line:

@ ping 127.0.0.1 -n 76 >nul
 @ echo %~z0

Then run it:

> question
42

If you don't get this answer, confirm the following:

• are you using NotePad and not NotePad++ or WordPad?
• did you enter a carriage return after each line?

The true answer awaits...

#DOS Batch — the answer to life, the Universe and everything

Thanks to mynameiscoffey for his simplification!

Save as answer.bat:

@ echo 127.0.0.1 -n 76 >nul && @ echo %~z0

Then run it:

> answer
42