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)