I logged in on a *dumb* terminal and did an 'ls'. Rather than a file list, I got:
\x1b[00;32mwpad.dat\x1b[0m* \x1b[00mwpad_socks.dat\x1b[0m \x1b[00mwuredir.xml\x1b[0m \x1b[00mx.c\x1b[0m \x1b[00mx.c.orig\x1b[0m \x1b[00;32mx1\x1b[0m* \x1b[00mxaml\x1b[0m \x1b[01;35mxmision-web\x1b[0m/ \x1b[01;35mxrdp\x1b[0m/ \x1b[00mxrdp-sesadmin.log\x1b[0m \x1b[00;32mxtree117.zip\x1b[0m* \x1b[00;32mxtree2b-20050606.zip\x1b[0m* \x1b[01;35mxx\x1b[0m/ \x1b[01;35mxxx\x1b[0m/ \x1b[00;32myast2.txt\x1b[0m* \x1b[40;33;01mzero\x1b[0m \x1b[01;35mzips\x1b[0m/ \x1b[01;35mztars\x1b[0m/ \x1b[01;35mztest\x1b[0m/ \x1b[00mzyppinst\x1b[0m ------------------ While I do have an alias that says: alias ls='ls -CF --show-control-chars --color=always' If the terminal HAS NO color capabilities, I would expect it not to display anything where color was selected, as the mapping for switching colors on a dumb terminal is "". I tried settings for "TERM": of "none", "dumb", and "" (empty) All gave the same strings as would be correct for a 16-color terminal. IMO, "ls" shouldn't print out "bogus" strings for color that are not in the listed "TERM"inal's capabilties. Wouldn't that be the wisest course of action? Or is there a requirement, "poSomewhereIx" to print garbage strings to terminals that don't have specific capabilities? ;-)
