ls --color=none
 

Hello everyone. My situation has to do with my ls command and the color scheme of its output. It can be very annoying for me, trying to determine a directory from a file when I can not even read the name, because of the color format it outputs. As a work around, I found (From doing a man ls) that I can use the command with argument "--color=none" to fix it, but I would like it to do it on its own.

Typeing out ls --color=none becomes annoying after a while. I did a little research, and I think it should have something to do with my .bashrc file? I am not sure, this is why I am here.

The following is my box setup:

Distro = FC 2
Kernel = 2.6.x
WM = XFCE
Terminal = gnome-terminal
Profile to change = (Myself, not root)

If there is anything else I need to give you, please do ask. This will be nice to have fixed, thank you in advance for your help.

You are indeed correct that it is your .bashrc, or possibly your .bash_profile. Edit your .bashrc file and look for a line similar to

alias ls="ls --color=always"

If you find an alias ls line, just remove the line. Check in the .bash_profile for a similar line. You may even want to try an alias of

alias ls="ls --color=none"

Note that it does not take effect until you re-login to that terminal, so you must log out or close the xterm window and reopen.

Well, I knew that part, but thank you in any event. After giving a little more looking into the structure of FC2, I found it can be done by editing this file:

/etc/profile.d/colorls.sh

Do just as we talked about...change it to

ls --color=never

Good as gold, when you start the next teminal.