title: How do I echo ASCII art that contains special characters in a batch file?
body: <p>So.. This is (to me anyway) the most important feature of this program. I need this to work. Please don't laugh.. (okay you can laugh) but when my program errors, I want it to display this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>          _ _,---._ 
         ,-','       `-.___ 
        /-;'               `._ 
       /\/          ._   _,'o \ 
      ( /\       _,--'\,','"`. ) 
       |\      ,'o     \'    //\ 
       |      \        /   ,--'""`-. 
       :       \_    _/ ,-'         `-._ 
        \        `--'  /                ) 
         `.  \`._    ,'     ________,',' 
           .--`     ,'  ,--` __\___,;' 
            \`.,-- ,' ,`_)--'  /`.,' 
             \( ;  | | )      (`-/ 
               `--'| |)       |-/ 
                 | | |        | | 
                 | | |,.,-.   | |_ 
                 | `./ /   )---`  ) 
                _|  /    ,',   ,-' 
               ,'|_(    /-&lt;._,' |--, 
               |    `--'---.     \/ \ 
               |          / \    /\  \ 
             ,-^---._     |  \  /  \  \ 
          ,-'        \----'   \/    \--`. 
         /            \              \   \ 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Echoing each line doesn't work...</p>
  
  <pre><code>echo              _ _,---._ 
  echo           ,-','       `-.___ 
  echo          /-;'               `._ 
  echo         /\/          ._   _,'o \ 
  echo        ( /\       _,--'\,','"`. ) 
  echo         |\      ,'o     \'    //\ 
  echo         |      \        /   ,--'""`-. 
  echo         :       \_    _/ ,-'         `-._ 
  echo          \        `--'  /                ) 
  echo           `.  \`._    ,'     ________,',' 
  echo             .--`     ,'  ,--` __\___,;' 
  echo              \`.,-- ,' ,`_)--'  /`.,' 
  echo               \( ;  | | )      (`-/ 
  echo                 `--'| |)       |-/ 
  echo                   | | |        | | 
  echo                   | | |,.,-.   | |_ 
  echo                   | `./ /   )---`  ) 
  echo                  _|  /    ,',   ,-' 
  echo                 ,'|_(    /-&lt;._,' |--, 
  echo                 |    `--'---.     \/ \ 
  echo                 |          / \    /\  \ 
  echo               ,-^---._     |  \  /  \  \ 
  echo            ,-'        \----'   \/    \--`. 
  echo           /            \              \   \ 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm assuming this is because of the symbols in the text. Any way to fix it? Or do I need to give up on the "DOH" screen?</p>