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# 36  
Old 08-22-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
A Windows CMD prompt does not have ASCII colors, it does colors a different way. Cygwin may be trying to emulate ASCII colors and doing an imperfect job.
Uhmm you're right Corona. Many thanks.

And how I mentioned in previous post.

If I add --color to ls command makes that output be correct too.
Like this:
Code:
ls --color -ltr abc*.txt

Then the 4 options below produce correct outputs:
Code:
/bin/ls  -lst abc*.txt
\ls -lst abc*.txt
"ls" -lst abc*.txt
ls --color -lst abc*.txt

Thanks so much again to all for the great support.

Best regards
# 37  
Old 08-22-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ophiuchus
Very nice Don,

The 3 options you mention make that ls output be correct this time!!!
Then the 3 different syntaxis for ls command you say is like say "use the built-in ls command"?

For reference, below is what "man ls" page of GNU/linux machine says about colors.
Code:
:       --color[=WHEN]
:              control  whether  color is used to distinguish file types.  WHEN
:              may be ÔÇÿneverÔÇÖ, ÔÇÿalwaysÔÇÖ, or ÔÇÿautoÔÇÖ  
:       By  default,  color is not used to distinguish types of files.  That is
:       equivalent to using --color=none.  Using the --color option without the
:       optional  WHEN  argument  is  equivalent to using --color=always.  With
:       --color=auto, color codes are output only if standard  output  is  con-
:       nected  to  a  terminal  (tty).  The environment variable LS_COLORS can
:       influence the colors, and can be set easily by the dircolors command.

I think I'll use the ls command as you suggested since the outputs are correct in that way, without change anything Smilie

Many thanks for your great support to all

Addition: If I add --color to ls command makes that output be correct too.
Like this:
Code:
ls --color -ltr abc*.txt

Then the 4 options below produce correct outputs:
Code:
/bin/ls  -lst abc*.txt
\ls -lst abc*.txt
"ls" -lst abc*.txt
ls --color -lst abc*.txt

Best regards
The three options I suggested are all ways to tell the shell to ignore any alias that may be present for the ls utility.

The output you saw from the type command said that ls is not built-in to either shell. One of your bash startup files has a line something like:
Code:
alias ls="ls --color=tty"

You need to find that line and delete it if you don't want ls to distinguish between file types by color; or, if you only want color when the output is directed to a terminal, change it to:
Code:
alias ls="ls --color=auto"

Then you shouldn't have to worry about using any of the mechanisms I suggested to ignore the "bad" alias.
This User Gave Thanks to Don Cragun For This Post:
Ophiuchus
# 38  
Old 08-22-2014
Thanks so much for you explanations Don. I'll understand better what happens and how to proceed.

You all are great.

Thank you!
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