... and to turn it off (which I need to do on my headless setvers), add this to your /etc/bashrc
alias ls='ls --color=never ' On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 10:30:37AM +0000, Phil Mullane wrote: > 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. > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
