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Echo independent color

Hello i'm makin a super advanced bat file for my comp noob m8 and it looks really complcated so i was wondering is it possible to color certan lines

e.g if their was an error it be in red with the rest of the screen in green

I ALREADY know about 'color 0a' but that fills the whole screen. I need a small block or just a line to be different & stand out

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Prof. Pickle says: Dec 14, 2012. 7:34 PM
@echo off &setlocal

:: Create a backspace character:
for /f "delims=#" %%a in ('"prompt #$H# &for %%b in (1) do rem"') do set "Bs=%%a"

:: Redirect a string of dot and backspaces without line break
<nul >"Hello World!.#" set /p "=.%Bs%%Bs%%Bs%%Bs%"

:: Process FINDSTR
findstr /p /a:F4 . "*.#"

:: We need a linebreak because there was no in the file.
echo(

pause


This is not my code, it is g-one's.
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Prof. Pickle in reply to Prof. PickleDec 15, 2012. 6:41 AM
Here is my edited code:

@echo off
for /f "delims=#" %%a in ('"prompt #$H# &for %%b in (1) do rem"') do set "bs=%%a"
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
color 0a
title Colour Changer

:start
cls
set /p text=Type the text you want to change colours here:
set /p colour=Type the colour code here:

"%text%.@" set /p "=.%bs%%bs%%bs%%bs%"

findstr /p /a:%colour% . "*.@"
del %text%.@
pause >nul
goto start

Have fun!
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NachoMahma says: Feb 3, 2008. 8:59 AM
. Is this what you're talking about?
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Prof. Pickle in reply to NachoMahmaDec 15, 2012. 6:40 AM
It looks like your talking about the prompt command. Unfortunately, it doesn't cover colours.
Padlock says: Aug 25, 2008. 6:17 PM
Of my extensive collection of command line tools, I have this one tool...(attached) It makes large font but it can be colored differing colors. Note: I did not make this program... It was written some time ago... in german (I think?) So the help argument does no good unless you translate it.
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westfw in reply to PadlockAug 25, 2008. 10:59 PM
I believe that you'll have to have loaded up the "ansi.sys" console driver (which interprets vt100-like escape sequences) or it's modern equivalent (ansi.sys is like DOS 3.1 or perhaps even earlier.) After that's working, the echo sequences with
\033[1;38m
should work (perhaps use an actual ESC char instead of \033...)

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_color
Padlock in reply to PadlockAug 25, 2008. 6:12 PM
O... I forget to attach the file. But here it is...
XECHO.COM867 bytes
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account3r2 in reply to PadlockSep 24, 2010. 4:50 PM
wait how do i make it colored?
DELETED_simkinggold (author) in reply to PadlockAug 27, 2008. 12:18 PM
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Padlock in reply to DELETED_simkinggoldAug 27, 2008. 6:47 PM
I don't think you can make the text smaller, you might have to find a different text printing command
daWISEMAN says: Aug 22, 2008. 9:42 AM
echo -e "\033[40m\033[1;31mLight Red \033[0m replace 1;31 with 1;30 through 1;38 for different colors.
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T3h_Muffinator says: Feb 3, 2008. 6:59 AM
Yes, there is! Unfortunately, I don't know how to do it - but a few of my friends do! I'll ask them on monday... ....err.... working on research monday, won't be on school.... tuesday is LISEF (long island science and engineering fair)..... so..... wednesday!
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