On 9 Dec 1998, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Is there any way to use linuxconf to turn on this feature?
Not that I know of, but it is not hard to do, and documented in the ls
man page.
> I had assistance from an experienced user setting up one of my two linux
> machines and it shows every directory and executable file in color. After
> a "due and diligent" search, I haven't found a word about how to do this,
> nor have I been able to locate the file where that switch is located.
man ls will get you a bunch of references to color, the --color
option, and display colorization.
So you can just make an alias for ls that does ls --color=tty and you are done.
Add the line
alias ls='ls --color=tty'
to your /etc/bashrc, and all bash users on your system will then see
ls output in color by default, after the next time they log in.
Your local expert (who really should have shown you and documented for
you what he did) may have done this setup in a slightly different
manner, including placing the alias in a .profile or .bashrc or
whatever file in the user's home directory instead of in the global
/etc/bashrc which applies to all users of bash on your system.
Hoping this helps,
Jonathan
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