PAUSE & TIMEOUT

Waiting for user input to continue the flow of the program

@REM Case 1
PAUSE
 
@REM Case 2
TIMEOUT /t -1

Both of the above commands will wait by printing the message Press any key to continue . . . and waiting for the user to press any key to continue the flow of the program .

The difference is that TIMEOUT can take more than one argument. For example, TIMEOUT /t 5 will wait for 5 seconds before continuing the flow of the program.

See also:
[1]: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/timeout [2]: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/pause