ls command

medamnit · 04-29-2002, 01:59 AM

i'm new to linux,

when using the ls command some files/dirs are in different colors when displayed. how do i change this or how does this work? any help would be great.

thanks, medamnit

acid_kewpie · 04-29-2002, 02:48 AM

directories: blue
normal files: green
block devices: yellow
symlinks: cyan
pictures: magenta
archives: red
broken links: white on red flashing

your ls command is probably aliased to something such as "ls -F --color=auto" if you only want it to be black and white remove this alias from /etc/profile.d/color_ls.sh or wherever it is. no real need to, it's handy having things colored.

btw. anyone know what black on dark yellow means? some of my little games are like that, not seen it before

Mik · 04-29-2002, 07:11 AM

Use the utility dircolors to set the colors how you want. 'dircolors -p' gives you a default listing.

I don't see any black on dark yellow in my defaults.

marlaina1 · 05-01-2002, 03:51 PM

look in /etc/DIR_COLORS.
You can copy this file to .dir_colors in your $HOME directory to override
the system defaults.