Windows Batch Scripting/Interactive Commands

Interactive Commands

This chapter covers the following commands:

• CLS - Clears the screen.
• COLOR - Sets the default console foreground and background colors.
• DOSKEY - Edits command lines, recalls Windows commands, and creates macros.
• HELP - Provides Help information for Windows commands.
• PROMPT - Changes the Windows command prompt.
• TITLE - Sets the window title for a CMD.EXE session.

The COLOR COMMAND

The COLOR command sets the default console foreground and background colors.

The COLOR command sets ERRORLEVEL to 1 if an attempt is made to execute the COLOR command with a foreground and background color that are the same.

D:\wikibooks>COLOR 00

D:\wikibooks>echo %ERRORLEVEL%
1

D:\wikibooks>

Using the COLOR command.