Batch Color per line

Question

In batch, can you have different colors per line. For example if you had a batch file say \"Hello\" \"How are you?\"

Could you have \"Hello\" in blue and \"How are y

Answer 1

You can try this simple script. It does not use temporary files. Just be sure you have the "debug.exe" executable in any folder listed in "%path%" environment variable.

@echo off
rem Script written by BrendanSilva [bl8086]
rem You need DEBUG.EXE executable in your system.
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set /a _er=0
set /a _n=0
set _ln=%~4
goto init
:howuse ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    echo.
    echo ECOL.BAT - v2.0
    echo Print colored text as batch script without temporary files.
    echo Written by bl8086
    echo.
    echo Syntax:
    echo ECOL.BAT [COLOR] [X] [Y] "Insert your text here"
    echo COLOR value must be a hexadecimal number like "color /?" information
    echo.
    echo Example:
    echo ECOL.BAT F0 20 30 "640K ought to be enough for anybody."
    echo.
    goto :eof
:error ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    set /a "_er=_er | (%~1)"
    goto :eof
:gcnvhx ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    set _cvhx=
    set /a _cvint=%~1
:cnvhx
    set /a "_gch = _cvint & 0xF"
    set _cvhx=!nsys:~%_gch%,1!%_cvhx%
    set /a "_cvint = _cvint >> 4"
    if !_cvint! neq 0 goto cnvhx
    goto :eof
:init --------------------------------------------------------------------------
    if "%~4"=="" call :error 0xff
    (
        set /a _cl=0x%1
        call :error !errorlevel!
        set _cl=%1
        call :error "0x!_cl! ^>^> 8"
        set /a _px=%2
        call :error !errorlevel!
        set /a _py=%3
        call :error !errorlevel!
    ) 2>nul 1>&2
    if !_er! neq 0 (
        echo.
        echo ERROR: value exception "!_er!" occurred. Check memory out.
        echo.
        goto howuse
    )
    set nsys=0123456789ABCDEF
    set /a cnb=0
    set /a cnl=0
    set _cvhx=0
    set _cvint=0
    set _cvmhx=0
:parse -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    set _ch=!_ln:~%_n%,1!
    if "%_ch%"=="" goto perform
    set /a "cnb += 1"
    if %cnb% gtr 7 (
        set /a cnb=0
        set /a "cnl += 1"
    )
    set bln%cnl%=!bln%cnl%! "!_ch!" %_cl%
    set /a "_n += 1"
    goto parse
:perform -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    set /a "in = ((_py * 0xA0) + (_px << 1)) & 0xFFFF"
    call :gcnvhx %in%
    set ntr=!_cvhx!
    set /a jmp=0xe
    set bl8086str=echo.h 0 0
    @for /l %%x in (0,1,%cnl%) do (
        set bl8086str=!bl8086str!^&echo.eb800:!ntr! !bln%%x!
        set /a "in=!jmp! + 0x!ntr!"
        call :gcnvhx !in!
        set ntr=!_cvhx!
        set /a jmp=0x10
    )
    (
    echo %bl8086str%
    echo.q
    ) |debug >nul 2>&1

This script can write your text in any screen position. Also using any color.