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	Categories Setting dircolors



Setting dircolors In order to get colored output from the `ls` command, add the following to your `.bashrc` and `.bash_profile` file: export LS_OPTIONS='-F --color' eval `dircolors -b ~/.colors` alias ls='ls $LS_OPTIONS' The reason for including the code in both is that `~/.bashrc` is read by a non login shell (an xterm invoked without the `-ls` switch) and `~/.bash_profile` is read by a login shell. So by modifying both files, you will get a colored output always. You can generate the `.colordb` file by simply using this command: dircolors -p > .colors Once generated, you can then modify them to suit your needs (a simple call to `dircolors --help` would give you all the information you need for modifying them).



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