07-13-2001
Hi,
if you're using the bash shell you could create an alias for the "ls" command using the color option to differentiate file types.
i.e. in your ~/.bash_profile file add
alias ls='ls --color="always"'
On my system the colours for different file types are a follows:
executable files green
archive files (.gz,.zip,etc,) red
ascii files white
jpgs,bmp files magenta
symbolic links cyan
directories blue
I'm not sure if you can change the colours for different file types.
Andy Hibbins
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setcolor
setcolor(1F) FMLI Commands setcolor(1F)
NAME
setcolor - redefine or create a color
SYNOPSIS
setcolor color red_level green_level blue_level
DESCRIPTION
The setcolor command takes four arguments: color, which must be a string naming the color; and the arguments red_level, green_level, and
blue_level, which must be integer values defining, respectively, the intensity of the red, green, and blue components of color. Intensities
must be in the range of 0 to 1000. If you are redefining an existing color, you must use its current name (default color names are: black,
blue, green, cyan, red, magenta, yellow, and white). setcolor returns the color's name string.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 A sample output of setcolor command.
The following is an example of the arguments that setcolor takes:
`setcolor blue 100 24 300`
BUILT-IN FMLI
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
attributes(5)
SunOS 5.11 5 Jul 1990 setcolor(1F)