Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:36:59 -0600 From: Josh Tolbert <hemi@puresimplicity.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How To Enable ls Color? Message-ID: <4F0A44BB.2050607@puresimplicity.net> In-Reply-To: <20120109011408.a52e33de.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <4F0A2F01.9020100@mykitchentable.net> <20120109011408.a52e33de.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 1/8/2012 6:14 PM, Polytropon wrote: > 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). > From here: http://www.puresimplicity.net/~hemi/freebsd/misc.html CLICOLOR="YES"; export CLICOLOR LSCOLORS="ExGxFxdxCxDxDxhbadExEx"; export LSCOLORS I last updated that page a while ago...But it still seems to be working for me. :) You shouldn't really have to muck around with term type or anything... Cheers, Josh -- Josh Tolbert hemi@puresimplicity.net || http://www.puresimplicity.net/~hemi/ Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. -- Helen Keller
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