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Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 16:58:28 -0400
To: Lanny Baron <beef@cybertouch.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: problem with using colorls in xterm
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On Tue, May 26, 1998 at 02:25:33AM -0400, Lanny Baron wrote:
>    	Hello,
> 
> 	I was wondering if anyone knows how to get colorls working in an xterm. I have
> my alias set up in .profile as ls='colorls -FG' and in .xinitrc the xterm is as follows:

	Did you try:

		$ export TERM=xterm-color            # For /bin/sh and friends

                          or

		% setenv TERM xterm-color            # For /bin/csh or tcsh

	-drifter

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