# Strange characters in Windows output

**URL:** <https://discourse.beets.io/t/strange-characters-in-windows-output/2394>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [September 3, 2023, 5:04am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/strange-characters-in-windows-output/2394 "2023-09-03T05:04:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![jackwilsdon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/jackwilsdon/32/10_2.png) [@jackwilsdon](https://discourse.beets.io/u/jackwilsdon)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/strange-characters-in-windows-output/2394/2 "2023-09-03T16:01:22Z")

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Those are ANSI color codes. See this thread for some more information: [Displayed text is hard to read in cmd - #2 by jackwilsdon](https://discourse.beets.io/t/displayed-text-is-hard-to-read-in-cmd/1906/2)

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