On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Etaoin Shrdlu <shr...@unlimitedmail.org> wrote: > On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:35:43 +0100 Jorge Almeida <jjalme...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> How can I prevent bash of blinking when running "ls -l" on a directory >> with broken links? The thing gets in the way, and it is really >> unbearable if a directory contains lots of broken links. I didn't >> manage to google my way around this problem. Maybe some other package >> has to be reconfigured... > > Look into /etc/DIR_COLORS > > According to these codes: > > # Below are the color init strings for the basic file types. A color init > # string consists of one or more of the following numeric codes: > # Attribute codes: > # 00=none 01=bold 04=underscore 05=blink 07=reverse 08=concealed > # Text color codes: > # 30=black 31=red 32=green 33=yellow 34=blue 35=magenta 36=cyan 37=white > # Background color codes: > # 40=black 41=red 42=green 43=yellow 44=blue 45=magenta 46=cyan 47=white > > I have > > ORPHAN 01;05;37;41 # orphaned syminks > MISSING 01;05;37;41 # ... and the files they point to > > So you probably want to change the 05 into something else or remove it. > Just experiment and to test it do > > eval `dircolors -b /etc/DIR_COLORS` > > Thank you _a lot_
The nightmare is over! Jorge
