Bash coloring on a script output...
 

I am using Debian 7.
When I type a command from the terminal, ex. "ls -lha", I get the output colored correctly, relative to my .bashrc file.
However, when I use the same command from a bash script such as:
#!/bin/bash
ls -lha
I get no color on the output... Does anyone have an idea why this is so?
I connected also connected via ssh, but I don't think that is relevant.

I find coloring of folders very useful, and would love to have this.

Thanks in advance :)

you need to check how ls works. Probably it is an alias set in ~/.bashrc therefore this alias will not work in a shell script.

Exactly
 

Running "cat ~/.bashrc | grep ls" returned:
alias ls='ls --color=auto' #among other things
I added "--color=auto" to the end of the command on my script and now it works.
Thank you very much for your reply, still trying to grasp all this... An ex Windows user. :)

Btw, what do you think is better, using aliases vs adding a folder to $PATH with bash scripts for similar things?

glad to help you
grep ls ~/.bashrc would be enough, without cat
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read the man page of bash, how login works and what is the purpose of ~/.bashrc and related files. Usually every user can have a bin in his home and add it to $PATH, but it really depend on you.

Not trying to be a prick, but since you are in the process of grasping things (like the rest of us), here is my contribution. Folder is Windows speak. In UNIX systems files are kept inside directories. (Nothing personal. It is just one of my pet peeves.):)

Will do, thanks for more input pan64.
Randicus, I appreciate the correction, we need to try to be exact when speaking... :)

:hattip:
:eek:

*Randicus Draco Albus, sorry mate. :D

I almost wish you hadn't said this ...
... but I have to admit it bugs me too ;)

I think I've almost never pointed it out, but I do ALWAYS say 'dir' in my answers, even if the qn uses 'folder'
:)

and as usual there are many ways to do it in Linux:
or
None is "correct" but less typing IS less typing. :)

Have a great day!

But I am becoming a grumpy old man.:D

Saves me doing it then haha :)

I usually try to use "directory" but sometimes "folder" slips out. :embarrassed: But I still use "folder" when walking my mom through copying pictures, just to keep it simpler for her.

"directory" is longer to say (and type!) than "folder" though...