From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 9 00:09:06 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5AAC1065676 for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2012 00:09:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from rc1.surewest.net (rc1.surewest.net [66.60.130.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B75CC8FC0A for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2012 00:09:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp2.surewest.net ([66.60.130.145]) by rc1.surewest.net ({dfaaa318-551d-4a0a-8038-7c31cf31c4f6}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTP id 20120109000441322 for ; Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:04:41 +0000 X-RC-FROM: X-RC-RCPT: Received: from smtpauth.surewest.net (smtpauth.surewest.net [66.60.130.153]) by smtp2.surewest.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBF0C893A2 for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2012 16:04:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (unknown [69.62.230.77]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtpauth.surewest.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9AF279C16F for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2012 16:04:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (unknown [192.168.1.24]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E947A16586C for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2012 16:04:36 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=mykitchentable.net; s=default; t=1326067480; bh=4wPZTgt+NKZv/81fBWKYwz/nvScySPqZWrAR14w5sy8=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:Subject:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=1KqCtv6FOUlNDKcDJPr33x5BLzcpVT8lkmRl3QDUEcuYXp7AFn6D7E3sXmyPEoYIB XS/iCjNjxLv+tPkgsJs71pDPaUJzbpdi5pr/s4bZPHdojCN/6Ja8V7y3Za3EuxQTTX t8Ktfb61JkGXp4aNFOPbI1fRnc4+OjTH3LFfld44= Message-ID: <4F0A2F01.9020100@mykitchentable.net> Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:04:17 -0800 From: Drew Tomlinson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111105 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 120108-1, 01/08/2012), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Subject: How To Enable ls Color? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:09:07 -0000 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. Thanks, Drew -- Like card tricks? Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse to learn card magic secrets for free! http://alchemistswarehouse.com