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Practice the prompt, title and color commands

Practice customizing the Windows Command Prompt safely: reshape the prompt with $P$G codes, rename the window with title, and repaint it with color.

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promptThe visual format of the prompt is governed by the PROMPT environment variable. By default, it is set to $P$G, where $P represents the…titleSet the window title for the current cmd session.colorSet the console's default text and background colors.