{"id":5079,"date":"2012-08-25T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-25T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/heyscriptingguy\/2012\/08\/25\/powertip-use-powershell-to-create-color-output-from-commands\/"},"modified":"2012-08-25T11:59:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-25T11:59:00","slug":"powertip-use-powershell-to-create-color-output-from-commands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/powertip-use-powershell-to-create-color-output-from-commands\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Create Color Output from Commands"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary<\/b>: Learn to use the Write-Host<\/b> PowerShell cmdlet to create color output from commands.<\/p>\n

\"Hey, Someone told me the Write-Host<\/b> cmdlet could create color output. Can you give me some samples of acceptable syntax?<\/p>\n

\"Hey,<\/p>\n

a.<\/strong> Write-Host -ForegroundColor 12 “hi”<\/p>\n

b<\/strong>. Write-Host -ForegroundColor 12 “hi” -BackgroundColor white<\/p>\n

c.<\/strong> Write-Host -ForegroundColor blue -BackgroundColor white<\/p>\n

d.<\/strong> Write-Host -ForegroundColor 2 hi<\/p>\n

e.<\/strong> Write-Host -backgroundcolor 2 hi<\/p>\n

f.<\/strong> Write-Host -backgroundcolor (“{0:X}” -f 2) hi<\/p>\n

     for($i=0 ; $i -le 15 ; $i++) { write-host -foregroundcolor $i “hi” }<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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