Awhile ago I asked what the different colors under ls meant.  I just
came across an explanation at:

http://tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html

The website is titled:

Introduction to Linux
A Hands on Guide
by Machtelt Garrels

I can find the answer to a lot of my newbie questions there.

Below is what it said about the colors:

On most Linux versions ls is aliased to color-ls by default. This
feature allows to see the file type without using any options to ls. To
achieve this, every file type has its own color. The standard scheme is
in /etc/DIR_COLORS:


Table 3-5. Color-ls default color scheme

Color
File type
blue
directories
red
compressed archives
white
text files
pink
images
cyan
links
yellow
devices
green
executables
flashing red
broken links


I found the above website off Loads of Linux Links:

http://loll.sourceforge.net/linux/links/index.html

Seems to be a pretty good jumping off site for things Linux.


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