Re: [newbie] How to distinguish file and directory in shell?

1999-04-29 Thread Ben
> % ls -F [doesn't show color, but denotes executables with a *, and > directories with a / ] > % ls --color > > ...or, insert this line in your .bashrc file: > > alias 'ls' 'ls --color' I find it helpful to use the above command with -F This option appends a character to the filenames

Re: [newbie] How to distinguish file and directory in shell?

1999-04-29 Thread Dan Brown
From: John l.yn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I am using linux Mandrake. I found it is difficulty to distinguish file > and directory,to judge which file is runnable and which is not.It is more > easy in linux SlackWare which support different color to distinguish them. Several ways to do this:

[newbie] How to distinguish file and directory in shell?

1999-04-29 Thread John l.yn
Hi: I am using linux Mandrake. I found it is difficulty to distinguish file and directory,to judge which file is runnable and which is not.It is more easy in linux SlackWare which support different color to distinguish them. Does Mandrake support this function? Thanks John l.yn