hi there,

just wonder is it possible to print out test.char in dos prompt in various
color in a single session?


c:\junk>This line in RED
c:\junk>This line in Yellow
so on and so forth.


color command tend to change everything in the dos prompt, I am looking for
some local changes.

thanks.

In microsoft.public.win2000.cmdprompt.admin Kok Yong Lee wrote:

> hi there,
>
> just wonder is it possible to print out test.char in dos prompt
> in various color in a single session?
>
>
> c:\junk>This line in RED
> c:\junk>This line in Yellow
> so on and so forth.
>
>
> color command tend to change everything in the dos prompt, I am
> looking for some local changes.

CMD.EXE does not support the ANSI text color commands as did DOS'
command.com.

There are several workarounds but this
CTEXT.EXE (Dennis Bareis)
http://users.cyberone.com.au/dbareis/freew32.htm

may be most useful.

Also, COLORX.EXE (Bill Stewert)
http://internet.cybermesa.com/~bstewart/sst.html

Kok Yong Lee <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> just wonder is it possible to print out test.char in dos prompt in various
> color in a single session?

51} How can I echo lines in different colors in NT scripts?
179284 Oct 21 2006 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/link/tscmd.zip
tscmd.zip Useful NT/2000/XP script tricks and tips, T.Salmi

All the best, Timo

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Kok Yong Lee wrote:

> just wonder is it possible to print out test.char in dos prompt in various
> color in a single session?
>
> c:\junk>This line in RED
> c:\junk>This line in Yellow
> so on and so forth.

My echox.exe utility will do this:

echox -f C "This line in red"
echox -f E "This line in yellow"

http://www.cybermesa.com/~bstewart/sst.html

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Bill Stewart