Passing values to JMeter script at run time through bat file

Question

I need to pass thread group, ramp up time and loop count to a JMeter script at run-time after getting the inputs from the user.

For this I have created a bat file like below:

@echo off
title Accepting User Inputs And Passing It To JMeter Scripts !!
echo Welcome To The World Of Performance Testing !!

set /p thread=Enter the count for thread groups: 
set /p rampup=Enter the ramp up peroid: 
set /p loopcount=Enter the loopcount:

set /p cd = "E:\apache-jmeter-3.2\bin"

%cd%\jmeter -n -t E:\apache-jmeter-3.2\bin\scripts\SampleTestPlan.jmx -l 
E:\apache-jmeter-3.2\bin\results\result1.csv -JThread=%thread% - 
JRampUp=%rampup% -JLoopCount=%loopcount%

pause

But I'm getting the output as below, it's accepting the inputs but I'm unable to launch the command to run Jmeter in non-GUI mode by redirecting to location - E:\apache-jmeter-3.2\bin using the .bat file.

user_2897748 · Answer

Try running your script in another (i.e. "fresh") terminal window, your script looks more or less good, it might be the case you have %cd% variable defined somewhere else and it overrides the setting from the batch script.

Also be aware that according to JMeter Best Practices you should always be using the latest version of JMeter so consider upgrading to JMeter 5.0 (or whatever is the most recent version available at JMeter Downloads page) as soon as possible

user_7294900 · Answer

Go to directory of jmeter in script:

 E:
 cd E:\apache-jmeter-3.2\bin
 jmeter -n -t E:\apache-jmeter-3.2\bin\scripts\SampleTestPlan.jmx -l 
   E:\apache-jmeter-3.2\bin\results\result1.csv -JThread=%thread% - 
   JRampUp=%rampup% -JLoopCount=%loopcount%

user_6738015 · Answer

You may be able to use Start's options too!

@Echo Off
Title Accepting user inputs and passing them to a JMeter Script
Echo Welcome To The World Of Performance Testing.
Set /P "thread=Enter the count for thread groups: "
Set /P "rampup=Enter the ramp up peroid: "
Set /P "loopcount=Enter the loopcount: "
Set "jmdir=E:\apache-jmeter-3.2\bin"
Start "" /B /D "%jmdir%" /Wait jmeter -n -t scripts\SampleTestPlan.jmx -l results\result1.csv -JThread=%thread% -JRampUp=%rampup% -JLoopCount=%loopcount%
Pause

user_4550447 · Answer

@user7294900 - Have used below thing in my batch file -

e:
cd apache-jmeter-3.2\bin

jmeter -n -t E:\apache-jmeter-3.2\bin\scripts\SampleTestPlan.jmx -l E:\apache-jmeter-3.2\bin\results\results1.csv -JThreads=%thread% -JRampUp=%rampup% -JLoopCount=%loopcount%

pause

Passing values to JMeter script at run time through bat file

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