How do I echo ASCII art that contains special characters in a batch file?
So.. This is (to me anyway) the most important feature of this program. I need this to work. Please don't laugh.. (okay you can laugh) but when my program errors, I want it to display this:
_ _,---._
,-',' `-.___
/-;' `._
/\/ ._ _,'o \
( /\ _,--'\,','"`. )
|\ ,'o \' //\
| \ / ,--'""`-.
: \_ _/ ,-' `-._
\ `--' / )
`. \`._ ,' ________,','
.--` ,' ,--` __\___,;'
\`.,-- ,' ,`_)--' /`.,'
\( ; | | ) (`-/
`--'| |) |-/
| | | | |
| | |,.,-. | |_
| `./ / )---` )
_| / ,', ,-'
,'|_( /-<._,' |--,
| `--'---. \/ \
| / \ /\ \
,-^---._ | \ / \ \
,-' \----' \/ \--`.
/ \ \ \
Echoing each line doesn't work...
echo _ _,---._
echo ,-',' `-.___
echo /-;' `._
echo /\/ ._ _,'o \
echo ( /\ _,--'\,','"`. )
echo |\ ,'o \' //\
echo | \ / ,--'""`-.
echo : \_ _/ ,-' `-._
echo \ `--' / )
echo `. \`._ ,' ________,','
echo .--` ,' ,--` __\___,;'
echo \`.,-- ,' ,`_)--' /`.,'
echo \( ; | | ) (`-/
echo `--'| |) |-/
echo | | | | |
echo | | |,.,-. | |_
echo | `./ / )---` )
echo _| / ,', ,-'
echo ,'|_( /-<._,' |--,
echo | `--'---. \/ \
echo | / \ /\ \
echo ,-^---._ | \ / \ \
echo ,-' \----' \/ \--`.
echo / \ \ \
I'm assuming this is because of the symbols in the text. Any way to fix it? Or do I need to give up on the "DOH" screen?
Answer
Include the following in your script:
:::
::: _ _,---._
::: ,-',' `-.___
::: /-;' `._
::: /\/ ._ _,'o \
::: ( /\ _,--'\,','"`. )
::: |\ ,'o \' //\
::: | \ / ,--'""`-.
::: : \_ _/ ,-' `-._
::: \ `--' / )
::: `. \`._ ,' ________,','
::: .--` ,' ,--` __\___,;'
::: \`.,-- ,' ,`_)--' /`.,'
::: \( ; | | ) (`-/
::: `--'| |) |-/
::: | | | | |
::: | | |,.,-. | |_
::: | `./ / )---` )
::: _| / ,', ,-'
::: ,'|_( /-<._,' |--,
::: | `--'---. \/ \
::: | / \ /\ \
::: ,-^---._ | \ / \ \
::: ,-' \----' \/ \--`.
::: / \ \ \
:::
for /f "delims=: tokens=*" %%A in ('findstr /b ::: "%~f0"') do @echo(%%A
The image could be placed anywhere within the script. It does not need to be near the FOR statement. I chose ::: as a distinguishing label for each image line because : is used for normal labels, and :: is frequently used as a comment.
2014-10-22 Update
There is an even simpler solution using my REPL.BAT utility - a hybrid JScript/batch script that performs a regex search/replace on stdin and writes the result to stdout. Simply substitute the following line for the FOR statement above:
call repl "^:::" "" a <"%~f0"
REPL.BAT is pure script that will run on any Windows machine from XP onward. Full documentation is embedded within the script. This solution uses the A option to only print lines that were altered.