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JohnW
JohnW

Reputation: 345

Opening a new CMD window within a batch script

I swear this assignment will be the end of me, I've been researching this new problem for the greater part of the day and getting quite stuck. The problem is as follows: we've been tasked with finding a command that will open a new cmd window and change the color (both foreground and background), AND the prompt. The lecturer specified the use of the 'cmd' command however: I can't find the switches (if that's the correct term) or parameters to use. I did find that--

START COLOR A4

did the correct sort of thing, however this is using the incorrect command and when trying to add a second parameter:

START COLOR A4 PROMPT $V

It did not work correctly. This may partly be due to my lack of knowledge on the use of delimiters and how to send in multiple parameters to a command.

Thanks in advance for the help. JohnW.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 15881

Answers (1)

Harry Johnston
Harry Johnston

Reputation: 36318

A couple of hints should sort you out:

START COLOR A4

is shorthand for

START cmd /k "COLOR A4"

See the syntax for cmd and pay special attention to the Remarks section - it tells you how to issue multiple commands.

Upvotes: 7

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