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Hello
In SUSE linux a /etc/DIR_COLORS file is necessary to have colorized output.
On my machine this file contains:
Code:
# Configuration file for the color ls utility
#
# This file goes in the /etc directory, and must be world readable.
# You can copy this file to .dir_colors in your $HOME directory to override
# the system defaults.
# COLOR needs one of these arguments: 'tty' colorizes output to ttys, but not
# pipes. 'all' adds color characters to all output. 'none' shuts colorization
# off.
COLOR tty
# Extra command line options for ls go here.
# Basically these ones are:
# -F = show '/' for dirs, '*' for executables, etc.
# -T 0 = don't trust tab spacing when formatting ls output.
OPTIONS -F -T 0
# Below, there should be one TERM entry for each termtype that is colorizable
TERM linux
TERM linux-c
TERM console
TERM con132x25
TERM con132x30
TERM con132x43
TERM con132x60
TERM con80x25
TERM con80x28
TERM con80x30
TERM con80x43
TERM con80x50
TERM con80x60
TERM gnome
TERM mach-color
TERM rxvt
TERM screen
TERM screen-w
TERM vt100
TERM vt102
TERM xterm
TERM xterm-debian
# EIGHTBIT, followed by '1' for on, '0' for off. (8-bit output)
EIGHTBIT 1
# Below are the color init strings for the basic file types. A color init
# string consists of one or more of the following numeric codes:
#
# Attribute codes:
# 00=none 01=bold 04=underscore 05=blink 07=reverse 08=concealed
# Text color codes:
# 30=black 31=red 32=green 33=yellow 34=blue 35=magenta 36=cyan 37=white
# Background color codes:
# 40=black 41=red 42=green 43=yellow 44=blue 45=magenta 46=cyan 47=white
NORMAL 00 # global default, although everything should be something.
FILE 00 # normal file
DIR 01;34 # directory
LINK 00;36 # symbolic link
FIFO 40;33 # pipe
SOCK 01;35 # socket
DOOR 01;35 # door
BLK 40;33;01 # block device driver
CHR 40;33;01 # character device driver
ORPHAN 40;31 # symlink to nonexistent file
# This is for files with execute permission:
EXEC 00;32
# List any file extensions like '.gz' or '.tar' that you would like ls
# to colorize below. Put the extension, a space, and the color init string.
# (and any comments you want to add after a '#')
# executables (bright green)
.cmd 00;32
.exe 01;32
.com 01;32
.bat 01;32
.btm 01;32
.dll 01;32
# archives or compressed
.tar 00;31
.tbz 00;31
.tgz 00;31
.rpm 00;31
.deb 00;31
.arj 00;31
.taz 00;31
.lzh 00;31
.zip 00;31
.zoo 00;31
.z 00;31
.Z 00;31
.gz 00;31
.bz2 00;31
.tb2 00;31
.tz2 00;31
.tbz2 00;31
# image formats
.avi 01;35
.bmp 01;35
.fli 01;35
.gif 01;35
.jpg 01;35
.jpeg 01;35
.mng 01;35
.mov 01;35
.mpg 01;35
.pcx 01;35
.pbm 01;35
.pgm 01;35
.png 01;35
.ppm 01;35
.tga 01;35
.tif 01;35
.xbm 01;35
.xpm 01;35
.dl 01;35
.gl 01;35
# sound formats
.aiff 00;32
.au 00;32
.mid 00;32
.mp3 00;32
.ogg 00;32
.voc 00;32
.wav 00;32
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