How to Create the Matrix Rain in Command Prompt

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Last Updated: April 15, 2024 Fact Checked

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.

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- echo %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random%
  
  %random% %random% %random%.
- goto start
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I created the .bat file, but I want to open from cmd. How can I do that?

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If 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.

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Can this be done in Windows 7?

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As long as you have a notepad or a similar application terminal or command prompt.

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I'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?

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Try modifying your script to this: title MATRIX echo off cls :start echo %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% goto start

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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.

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