Solaris and colored text

dukegeo · 04-30-2007, 11:00 AM

I would like to get colored text on a black background (as is usual with LINUX) in my Solaris terminal windows.

We have a bash shell binary installed and it is fuctional but ...
eval `dircolors`
returns not found

I tried
find dircolors
but it returned - find: cannot open dircolors: No such file or directory

Please advise,
dukegeo

macemoneta · 04-30-2007, 11:49 AM

Try setting:

Code:

LS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;0
1:or=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:ex=01;32:*.cmd=01;32:*.exe=01;32:*.com=01;32:*.b
tm=01;32:*.bat=01;32:*.sh=01;32:*.csh=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:
*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*
.bz=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;3
5:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.tif=01;35:

then:

ls --color=tty /somedir/

dukegeo · 04-30-2007, 02:16 PM

I tried the code two ways and got errors. Please let me know what I'm doing wrong.

First way:
I tried pasting in at the command line after executing bash:
/home/taylstet> bash
bash-2.00$ LS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36

i=40;33:so=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;0
bash: 34:ln=01: command not found
bash: 36

i=40: command not found
bash: 33:so=01: command not found
bash: 35:bd=40: command not found
bash: 33: command not found
bash: 01:cd=40: command not found
bash: 33: command not found
bash: 0: command not found
bash-2.00$ 1

r=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:ex=01;32:*.cmd=01;32:*.exe=01;32:*.com=01;32:*.b
bash: 1

r=01: command not found
bash: 05: command not found
bash: 37: command not found
bash: 41:mi=01: command not found
bash: 05: command not found
bash: 37: command not found
bash: 41:ex=01: command not found
bash: 32:*.cmd=01: command not found
bash: 32:*.exe=01: command not found
bash: 32:*.com=01: command not found
bash: 32:*.b: command not found
bash-2.00$ tm=01;32:*.bat=01;32:*.sh=01;32:*.csh=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:
bash: 32:*.bat=01: command not found
bash: 32:*.sh=01: command not found
bash: 32:*.csh=01: command not found
bash: 32:*.tar=01: command not found
bash: 31:*.tgz=01: command not found
bash: 31:*.arj=01: command not found
bash: 31:: command not found
bash-2.00$ *.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*
bash: *.taz=01: command not found
bash: 31:*.lzh=01: command not found
bash: 31:*.zip=01: command not found
bash: 31:*.z=01: command not found
bash: 31:*.Z=01: command not found
bash: 31:*.gz=01: command not found
bash: 31:*.bz2=01: command not found
bash: 31:*: command not found
bash-2.00$ .bz=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;3
bash: .bz=01: command not found
bash: 31:*.tz=01: command not found
bash: 31:*.rpm=01: command not found
bash: 31:*.cpio=01: command not found
bash: 31:*.jpg=01: command not found
bash: 35:*.gif=01: command not found
bash: 35:*.bmp=01: command not found
bash: 3: command not found
bash-2.00$ 5:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.tif=01;35:

Second way:
I pasted the code in to a .bashrc file but got basically the same erros but from the korn shell

/home/taylstet> . .bashrc
/bin/ksh: 34:ln=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 36

i=40: not found
/bin/ksh: 33:so=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 35:bd=40: not found
/bin/ksh: 33: not found
/bin/ksh: 01:cd=40: not found
/bin/ksh: 33: not found
/bin/ksh: 0: not found
/bin/ksh: 1

r=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 05: not found
/bin/ksh: 37: not found
/bin/ksh: 41:mi=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 05: not found
/bin/ksh: 37: not found
/bin/ksh: 41:ex=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 32:*.cmd=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 32:*.exe=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 32:*.com=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 32:*.b: not found
/bin/ksh: 32:*.bat=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 32:*.sh=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 32:*.csh=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 32:*.tar=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:*.tgz=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:*.arj=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:: not found
/bin/ksh: *.taz=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:*.lzh=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:*.zip=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:*.z=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:*.Z=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:*.gz=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:*.bz2=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:*: not found
/bin/ksh: .bz=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:*.tz=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:*.rpm=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:*.cpio=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:*.jpg=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 35:*.gif=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 35:*.bmp=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 3: not found
/bin/ksh: 5:*.xbm=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 35:*.xpm=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 35:*.png=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 35:*.tif=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 35:: not found
/home/taylstet>

macemoneta · 04-30-2007, 02:24 PM

It's a single line wrapped; you need to join them.

dukegeo · 04-30-2007, 02:34 PM

Ok. I joined the lines in .bashrc so it looks as follows (except the LS_COLORS statement is all on one line
# .bashrc
LS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36

i=40;33:so=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01

r=01;05;37;41:mi= 01;05;37;41:ex=01;32:*.cmd=01;32:*.exe=01;32:*.com=01;32:*.btm=01;32:*.bat=01;32:*.sh=01;32:*.csh=01 ;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz =01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;3 5:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.tif=01;35:
alias ls='ls $LS_COLORS'

but got the following errors:
/bin/ksh: 34:ln=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 36

i=40: not found
/bin/ksh: 33:so=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 35:bd=40: not found
/bin/ksh: 33: not found
/bin/ksh: 01:cd=40: not found
/bin/ksh: 33: not found
/bin/ksh: 01

r=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 05: not found
/bin/ksh: 37: not found
/bin/ksh: 41:mi=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 05: not found
/bin/ksh: 37: not found
/bin/ksh: 41:ex=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 32:*.cmd=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 32:*.exe=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 32:*.com=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 32:*.btm=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 32:*.bat=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 32:*.sh=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 32:*.csh=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 32:*.tar=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:*.tgz=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:*.arj=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:*.taz=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:*.lzh=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:*.zip=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:*.z=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:*.Z=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:*.gz=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:*.bz2=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:*.bz=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:*.tz=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:*.rpm=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:*.cpio=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 31:*.jpg=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 35:*.gif=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 35:*.bmp=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 35:*.xbm=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 35:*.xpm=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 35:*.png=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 35:*.tif=01: not found
/bin/ksh: 35:: not found
/home/taylstet> dtpad .bashrc

macemoneta · 04-30-2007, 04:15 PM

Semi-colons (';') are line delimiters in shell. You need to escape them (\;) or place the string in single quotes (not accent quotes).