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Everyone loves the visual effect of the falling binary code "rain" in The Matrix. This article will teach you to create The Matrix rain in Command Prompt.
Steps
- Type the following lines of text in the Notepad screen:[2]
- echo %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random%
%random% %random% %random%. - goto start
Advertisement - echo %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random%
- Click "File" and then "Save As." Save your file as a Batch file: "Matrix.bat".[3]
- Run the batch file as administrator.
- To enlarge screen right click on the command prompt.
- Click on properties.
- Click on Layout tab.
- On the window size section, enter the resolution of your monitor.
- Click ok to apply changes.
- Type Ctrl+C and type "y" to terminate the program.
Community Q&A
- QuestionI created the .bat file, but I want to open from cmd. How can I do that?Community AnswerIf you have clicked it and it has not opened itself, then save it again and name it. At the end of the name put .bat and then try.
- QuestionCan this be done in Windows 7?Community AnswerAs long as you have a notepad or a similar application terminal or command prompt.
- QuestionI've created my matrix batch file, but the cmd opens for just two-thirds of a second, and then the cmd closes. How can I fix this?Community AnswerTry modifying your script to this: title MATRIXecho offcls:startecho %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random%goto start
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Tips
- Play with colors, you can type "color A2", or "color 2A" to have a green background with light green text. You may use any combination of 0 to 9 and A to F to change back ground and foreground colors.Thanks
Warnings
- Don't press ESC to close full screen. Instead, press ALT+Enter.[4]Thanks
- You can also exit full screen using Ctrl+⇧ Shift+Esc - Windows 7 or Ctrl+Alt+Del - Windows XPThanks
Things You'll Need
- Windows OS
- Notepad
References
- ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/help-in-notepad-4d68c388-2ff2-0e7f-b706-35fb2ab88a8c
- ↑ https://www.pcmag.com/news/7-cool-programming-tricks-inside-microsoft-notepad
- ↑ https://www.pcmag.com/news/7-cool-programming-tricks-inside-microsoft-notepad
- ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/topic/alt-enter-switches-between-window-and-full-screen-d1b23daa-644d-3fbf-2f5e-c2c779584db5
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