Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 12:35:19 +1000 (EST) From: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> To: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> Cc: rob <europax@home.com>, "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: make 'ls' in console color files like SuSE Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008271232560.14504-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000826202348.17059B-100000@xena.gsicomp.on.ca>
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On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, Matthew Emmerton wrote:
> You will need to install the GNU fileutils package from the ports
> collection. See /usr/ports/sysutils/fileutils. It includes a
> color-enabled ls.
FreeBSD's ls(1) now has builtin colour:
$ ls -G
>
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> On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, 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.
> >
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