From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 27 14:40:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from eagle.prod.itd.earthlink.net (eagle.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.120.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B4CF37B423 for ; Sun, 27 Aug 2000 14:40:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rod.darktech.org (ip167.cambridge2.ma.pub-ip.psi.net [38.32.112.167]) by eagle.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3-EL_1_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA06304; Sun, 27 Aug 2000 14:40:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from eogren@localhost) by rod.darktech.org (8.10.1/8.9.3) id e7RLeBi00807; Sun, 27 Aug 2000 17:40:11 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from eogren) Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 17:40:11 -0400 From: Eric Ogren To: rob Cc: "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: make 'ls' in console color files like SuSE Message-ID: <20000827174011.A255@earthlink.net> References: <39A7FACD.7CB6E282@home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <39A7FACD.7CB6E282@home.com>; from europax@home.com on Sat, Aug 26, 2000 at 05:13:49PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Assuming you're running 4.1, since you didn't tell us which version of FreeBSD on your system, our 'ls' does have a color flag. Try running "ls -G", and look at the manpage for information on customizing the colors. This flag may also have been present in 4.0; I can't remember when exactly we introduced color ls. Eric On Sat, Aug 26, 2000 at 05:13:49PM +0000, rob wrote: > How can I make my FreeBSD console act like SuSE Linux when I am using > ls? SuSE shows directories, executables, links, etc with their own > usique color. I never was able to figure out exactly how to customize > this in Linux, so I really am at a loss for how to even begin in > FreeBSD. Thanks, Rob. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message