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Jakub Arnold
Asked: 2010-01-26 04:16:12 +0800 CST

How to enable ANSI escape codes in Windows cmd?

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What is the simplest way to enable ANSI escape codes (eg. colored output) in Windows cmd?

windows windows-command-prompt color ansi

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  1. Best Answer

    CMD does not support ANSI escape sequences. You'll have to use COMMAND.COM. What is it that you're trying to do?

    How to Enable ANSI.SYS in a Command Window (for COMMAND.COM)

    How to Use ANSI.SYS in Windows NT (for COMMAND.COM)

    Edit:

    You can get less for Windows and use:

    less -R filename
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  2. You might try Cygwin's bash. Terminal colorization is something that Just Works under Cygwin.

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