How to change ONLY the prompt color of the Windows command-line? [duplicate]
As we all know, Windows command-line have the white-black color scheme. And we could use:
COLORcommand to change the colors of background and text.
But the command above will change the whole text in the command-line. E.g. the result of command is as follows:
COLOR 04But I don't want this kind of color-scheme because that makes no difference with the original white-black one. It is hard to distinguish the command you input and the output of the command. What I want is something like this:
I want the color of command prompt is different with other text on the screen so that I can find the command I input easily. But I only get the solution on Linux. It uses:
export PS1=”\[\e[35;1m\][\u@\h: \W]\$\[\e[0m\] “So my question is:
How can I change the color of command prompt like the above one on Windows?
Thanks very much.
Solution:
Following the prompt of @Luke I finally get the solution. Anyone who is interested in this topic please hit the two links below:
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It is "ANSI hack developped for the CMD.exe shell".
Wish that would be helpful for you.
51 Answer
- Get ANSI color support:
NOTE: Current/Updated Windows 10 console already supports ANSI
Install ANSICON (source) for ANSI support in legacy windows consoles.
Hyper supports ANSI colors.
ConEmu supports ANSI colors.
- Setup your command prompt via environment settings...
- Click / press
Start - type
env - Click
Edit environment variables for your account - Edit / Add a
PROMPTvariable
- More information on prompt options
- My own prompt...
$_$E[1;30;40m[$E[0;36;40m%computername% | %userdomain%\%username%$E[1;30;40m] $E[0;33;40m$M$_$E[35;40m$d$s$t$h$h$h$h$h$h$_$E[1;33;40m$p$_$E[1;30;40m$g $E[0;37;40m$E- escape character$E[...m- ANSI Color Sequence$_- New line$d- Date$t- Time$h- Backspace (get rid of seconds and fractional seconds)$p- Current Path$m- Mount Path (if in a mounted drive)$g- Greater than sign
