How to enable ANSI escape codes in Windows cmd?
What is the simplest way to enable ANSI escape codes (eg. colored output) in Windows cmd?
CMD does not support ANSI escape sequences. You'll have to use COMMAND.COM. What is it that you're trying to do?
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Edit:
You can get less for Windows and use:
less -R filename
You might try Cygwin's bash. Terminal colorization is something that Just Works under Cygwin.