DIRCOLORS(1)								FSF							      DIRCOLORS(1)

NAME

       dircolors - color setup for ls

SYNOPSIS

       dircolors [OPTION]... [FILE]

DESCRIPTION

       Output commands to set the LS_COLORS environment variable.

   Determine format of output:
       -b, --sh, --bourne-shell
	      output Bourne shell code to set LS_COLORS

       -c, --csh, --c-shell
	      output C shell code to set LS_COLORS

       -p, --print-database
	      output defaults

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

       If  FILE  is specified, read it to determine which colors to use for which file types and extensions.  Otherwise, a precompiled database is
       used.  For details on the format of these files, run `dircolors --print-database'.

AUTHOR

       Written by H. Peter Anvin.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

       The  full documentation for dircolors is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and dircolors programs are properly installed at your
       site, the command

	      info dircolors

       should give you access to the complete manual.

dircolors (coreutils) 4.5.3					   February 2003						      DIRCOLORS(1)