astronogun:

It's certainly possible, though I would advise using a module to do it (I use Term::ANSIColor). Use google to find the escape codes supported by the windows console, and then write the appropriate functions. I found a reference to ANSI.SYS, which looks like a reasonable reference. Under the "Set Attribute" escape code, after a description of the escape sequence, they list a few examples:

  {ESC}[1m      High intensity.
  {ESC}[1;5m    High intensity and blink.
  {ESC}[30;46m  Black foreground, cyan background.
  {ESC}[m       Turn off all attributes.
  {ESC}[0m      Turn off all attributes.

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So you should be able to see if they're the correct escape codes with a quickie like so:

use strict;
use warnings;
print "\x1b[30;46m  This should be black on cyan\n";
print "\x1b[0m  And this should be back to normal\n";

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Update: Added link for Term::ANSIColor.

...roboticus

When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.

In reply to Re: Colored text output in Windows cmd by roboticus
in thread Colored text output in Windows cmd by astronogun

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