G'day , Mr. Gnu :-) I'm a LINUX user who really likes the colorisation option of 'ls' ( the "orphaned symlink" one is stroke of inspiration). But, unless I've missed the obvious, there are inbuilts for file-types which override and shell $LS_COLOR specifications, particularly for file suffix types. Example ; I want ".py" file to be displayed in GREEN but if I set their file permissions to 'executable', they are displayed in RED (which is the default executable color). So in short, my strong preference is for files to be displayed as per the **first** specification in $LS_COLORS. Btw, I've just download the latest GNU fileutils and I'll soon hack up ls.c to behave as per my preferences. - Gary ( hacking PD c-programs for last 25 years :-) _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils