Changing Screen Colors with the Color Command
The Color command changes the foreground (text) and background colors of the command
window. This command uses the following syntax:
COLOR [FG]
The following describes the command line argument.
FG Sets the foreground (F) and background (G) colors. You must place the values together,
without any space between. If you use the Color command without specifying color values, the
command changes the colors to the default values used when you opened the command
window. The following list tells you which colors you can use at the command prompt, along
with their associated color number.
0??”Black
1??”Blue
2??”Green
3??”Aqua
4??”Red
5??”Purple
6??”Yellow
7??”White
8??”Gray
9??”Light blue
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A??”Light green
B??”Light aqua
C??”Light red
D??”Light purple
E??”Light yellow
F??”Bright white
Working with the System Date Using the Date Command
The Date command displays or sets the system date. This command uses the following syntax:
DATE [{/T | date}]
The following list describes each of the command line arguments.
/T Displays the date without prompting for a new date.
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