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RSpec output on Windows: Install ANSICON to have colors

Install ANSICON

If you're seeing funny ANSI characters instead of colors in your Windows command prompt window, a quick solution is to install ANSICON. Here's how to do that:

  • Download the latest version of ANSICON.

  • Unzip the downloaded file.

  • Change directory into either the x64 directory (for a 64-bit OS) or the x86 directory (for a 32-bit OS) of the directory you got when you unzipped the downloaded file. To determine which version you're running, follow these steps.

Windows 8: Some folks on Windows 8 have reported that they needed to download a new 64-bit DLL, as described here.

  • While inside that directory, run the following command:

    ansicon -i

Now try running ri, and you should see colors rather than ANSI character



last updated october 2016