How to make the directories and files in color in the terminal

leonall · 03-09-2006, 09:01 PM

Hi all,

When we login as root, and type the "ls" command, we will see the directories and files in color (green, blue, etc).
If a normal user want to have that type of feature, anyone knows how to do it?

Thanks

btmiller · 03-09-2006, 09:13 PM

ls --color

Make an alias, e.g. alias ls="ls --color" to make it behave that way every time you use ls.

You can add the alias in your bash startup file (.bash_profile for login shells, .bashrc for non-login shells -- usually I just have .bash_profile source .bashrc so I get the same environment in both cases). This will make it so you don't have to set the alias each time you open a new shell.