colouring ls -al|more

johnmtb · 01-04-2009, 12:25 AM

Dear all,

although i have DIR_COLORS showing COLOR all,

when i run ls -al|more, there are no colors.

please halp.

regards,

john

David the H. · 01-04-2009, 01:01 AM

more is a very old and limited pager. I don't think it even has the ability to show colors. less will display color codes though, if you run it with the -r or -R options. "ls -al | less -r"

Uncle_Theodore · 01-04-2009, 01:03 AM

To get colors in the output of ls, you need to call it with the --color option. Like this:

ls --color

If you want ls to display listings in color all the time, you can add the following line to your .bashrc file (in your home directory)

alias ls="ls --color"

Then, open a new terminal and check if it works.

repo · 01-04-2009, 01:10 AM

Quote:

To get colors in the output of ls, you need to call it with the --color option. Like this:

there is color with ls -a
not with ls -a|more

brianL · 01-04-2009, 06:17 AM

Irrelevant, but someone once said:

Quote:

less is more, but more more than more is, so more is less less, so use more less if you want less more.

johnmtb · 01-04-2009, 11:38 PM

All,

thank you for your input, i will try your suggestions.

however, i am surprised that this method, ls -al|more (with Color All in DIR_COLORS) is no longer supported. ever since colour was first introduced into Slackware Linux, i have used this command, without any problems. when did it all change?

regards,

john