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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

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       used.  For details on the format of these files, run `dircolors --print-database'.

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       site, the command

	      info coreutils 'dircolors invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU coreutils 8.12.197-032bb					  September 2011						      DIRCOLORS(1)

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