Re: ls -G

From: ME (trash.trash_at_comcastdotnet)
Date: 10/30/03 

Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 15:29:56 -0700

Thank you. I knew there was a variable that could be set, but for the life
of me I could not find it. Out of curiosity, do know if this is documented
anywhere?

Thanks,

Matt
"bomberboy" <newsbomber@pandora.be.invalid> wrote in message
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> ME schreef:
>
> > Is there a way to make the ls command display color by default without
> > having to use -G option? I use the console pretty regularly and always
> > forget to type that -G.
>
> setenv CLICOLOR
>
> By setting this you won't need to use the -G option.
>
> setenv LSCOLORS ExGxFxdxCxDxDxBxBxExEx
>
> You can customize the colors by setting LSCOLORS, these are my settings.
> In X the env. var. TERM should be set to 'xterm-color'.
>
> The setting of these variables might be different depending on your shell.
> The above is for csh-like shells, for sh-like shells it's
> set CLICOLOR
> export CLICOLOR
>
> You probably want to put these things in your .cshr, .profile or something
> like that.
>
> --
> Bruno
>
> "Pascal is not a high-level language."
> -- Steven Feiner
>