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Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 01:14:08 +0100
From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net>
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Subject: Re: How To Enable ls Color?
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On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:04:17 -0800, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> I've installed 9.0-RC3 amd64.  I'm trying to enable color output for 
> ls.  I've issued the basic 'ls -Gla' but output is not colored.  Yet if 
> I can get colorized output by providing color codes (echo 
> ^[[34mhello^[[37m produces a blue "hello") at the command line so I know 
> my terminal is capable.
> 
> Is there some other secret?  This is a new install and I'm just trying 
> to set things up.

Put

	setenv LSCOLORS ExGxdxdxCxDxDxBxBxegeg

in the csh's initialisation file (typically ~/.cshrc
for local use, /etc/csh.cshrc for global effect)
and maybe setup an alias:

	alias ls 'ls -FG'
	alias ll 'ls -laFG'

However, ls should provide colored output even
if you don't set the $LSCOLORS variable. It
should work with the default terminal emulation
(cons25 or cons25l1).



-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
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