On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 09:38:01PM -0600, Joseph A. Nagy, Jr. wrote: > Russ Schneider wrote: > >When you do an ls on Debian, you see something like the following: > >file1 file2 file3 dir1 > >dir2 file4 > > > >etc. > > > >When you do the same on Mandrake, you get > >file1 file2 file3 dir1/ > >dir2/ file4 > > > >You see how there's a / at the end of each directory name, making it > >really easy to tell at a glance what's a directory and what's not? > > > >Any way to config Debian's ls to do that? I realize it's just a nitpick, > >but I am curious. > >
This is the "-p" switch to ls. I guess what most people tell you to do is create a "ls" command earlier in your path or in /usr/local/bin that calls "/bin/ls -p $*". I think there's something in /etc somewhere that controls this but I can't remember. > > In your .bashrc file you can enable console colors. It's not the same, > but it's a way to differentiate different types of files (the default is > dir's re a bluish color, executables are green, plain files (html, txt, > mp3's etc.) are white/gray and archives are red). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]