on Mon, Apr 08, 2002, Crispin Wellington ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, 2002-04-08 at 14:15, Ross Tsolakidis wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > Simple question... > > > > In Redhat by default, in a terminal when you do a dir listing, the files are > > color coded.. dirs, executables, text... etc... > > How can I do this on Debian ? > > > > Running Debian Sparc Woody. > > ls --color > > For permanence. Add > > alias ls="ls --color" > > to your .bashrc file.
May I suggest: alias ls="ls --color=auto" ...which toggles color on and off depending on whether stdout is a terminal or a pipe. > Personally I find it lurid and annoying :) That was my initial take some years ago. Now I find Unices which lack a colorized ls depriving. Color is a good cue. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? If spam is the question, Spamassassin is the answer. http://spamassassin.taint.org/
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