DIRCOLORS linux command manual

DIRCOLORS(1)                      User Commands                    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 .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 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  man-
       ual.   If  the  info  and dircolors programs are properly installed at
       your site, the command

              info coreutils dircolors

       should give you access to the complete manual.



dircolors (coreutils) 5.2.1        May 2004                      DIRCOLORS(1)