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Is there a way to execute a .bat file directly from a latex document when I compile that document?

I would something like this:

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}
\chapter{test}
bla bla bla
ecc...
\executebat{C:\...\...\...}
\end{document}
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  • Are you thinking to launching MakeIndex from inside your LaTeX run?
    – egreg
    Dec 3, 2012 at 17:10
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    You want \write18. For that to work, you will need to compile with --shell-escape.
    – G. Poore
    Dec 3, 2012 at 18:49
  • @egreg Thanks, but I know your package "imakeidx" : )
    – Aurelius
    Dec 4, 2012 at 17:13

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You have to run LaTeX (latex, pdflatex, xelatex or lualatex) with the -shell-escape option: then this code defines what you need.

\usepackage{pdftexcmds}
\makeatletter
\newcommand{\executebat}[1]{%
  \ifnum\pdf@shellescape=\@ne
    \immediate\write18{#1}%
  \else
    \GenericError{}{Shell escape not enabled}{}
      {You have to run (pdf)LaTeX with the option `-shell-escape'}%
  \fi
}
\makeatother

However, if your purpose is to run MakeIndex, then the imakeidx package does it without user intervention (not with the article class unless some precautions are taken).

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