Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 19:03:30 +0200 (MET DST) From: Sascha Schumann <sas@schell.de> To: Barry Grotjahn <flashlight@swn.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: the ls command with colored output ? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.00.9807271901230.2122-100000@guerilla.foo.bar> In-Reply-To: <35BCA160.76004D08@swn.de>
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On Mon, 27 Jul 1998, Barry Grotjahn wrote:
> I searched for a tool so that with the ls command IŽll get the
> information colored (to see wheter there are files or directories etc.)
> .
> I found one : gnuls (on the FreeBSD CDŽs) and I installed it with
> pkg_add .
> But after reboot the same results : all is in the same color .
> Any idea of what to do ?
>
> Barry Grotjahn
It's not enabled by default. Perhaps you are still calling the old ls,
btw. A 'ls --version|more' should give more output.
alias ls='ls --color -F'
alias l='ls -al'
I just feel comfortable with that setup (tested it only with bash).
Bye,
Sascha
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