Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 23:31:27 -0500 From: "Otter" <otterr@telocity.com> To: "Dan Nelson" <dnelson@emsphone.com>, "Veronica Hunt" <vhunt@satx.rr.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: umm.. colors? Message-ID: <HLEDJBJKDDPDJBMGCLPPEEJKCIAA.otterr@telocity.com> In-Reply-To: <20001108212708.B2156@dan.emsphone.com>
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As Dan stated, ls will do it now... from the man page, check out the -G flag. There's a gnuls available as well. -Otter }-----Original Message----- }From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Dan Nelson }Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 10:27 PM }To: Veronica Hunt }Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG }Subject: Re: umm.. colors? } } }In the last episode (Nov 08), Veronica Hunt said: }> i installed freebsd like 5 years ago, and at that time I thought it }> even had color in its dir listing?? maybe I did something to do }> this.. but then I went to slackware and forgot about it.. well i }> have done the linux thing for about 5 years, so i am switching to }> freebsd to learn this excisting o/s.. can freebsd do the color in }> dirs like linux? thanks. } }Color directory listings has nothing to do with the OS }you're running. }It all depends on the "ls" program. FreeBSD has }historically not had a }color ls, and you had to install either the "colorls" or }"linuxls" from }ports. FreeBSD 4.1 and later versions now have an ls that }can be told }to print in color, though. } }-- } Dan Nelson } dnelson@emsphone.com } } }To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org }with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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