On Mon 26 Mar 01, 12:37 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 01:02:05PM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > > alias lard='ls -Flard --color=auto' > > > > the "auto" keyword is nice cause it doesn't frick up your listing when > > piping to more or less. i also use my own color scheme > > it's nice indeed, except when doing e.g. a ls -la > listing.txt, > therefore i prefer --color=tty why is that bad? i get exactly what i should get -- no color codes or wierd stufff.
"auto" turns on ls colors only when ls is attached to a terminal. it knows when it's attached to a pipe (and i presume a redirect?) pete