Error using escape sequences with ANSICON .EXE - I'm getting: 's not recognized as an internal or external command

Question

This is my batch file:

ansicon -p
[0;30;4;40mThis is a sentence.[0;1;31;40mThis is a sentence too.
pause

With @echo off in the batch file I'm only seeing:

's not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

With @echo on I'm seeing:

C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\Aranesp_injection_reminder\ANSICON>ansicon -p
C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\Aranesp_injection_reminder\ANSICON>This is a sentence.This is a sentence too.
's not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

What am I doing wrong?

Obs.: Using 0x1b for the ESC character.

Io-oI · Answer 1 · 2023-08-07T15:19:51.950

Using 0x1b for the ESC character.

Use ESC saved in variable

In your batch file:

@echo off
color 0a
for /f skip^=4 %%b in ('"echo;prompt;$E|cmd"')do set "_esc=%%b"
echo/%_esc%[0;30;4;40mThis is a sentence. %_esc%[0;1;31;40mThis is a sentence too
timeout 3 >nul & color f0

In your command-line:

for /f skip^=4 %b in ('"echo;prompt;$E|cmd"')do @echo\ %b[0;30;4;40mThis is a sentence.%b[0;1;31;40m. This is a sentence too & timeout 3 >nul & color f0

ANSI Escape Sequences

Use ANSI colors in the terminal

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