How about,
alias ls="ls --color -F"
? That's what I do (have a look at /etc/profile on the firewall
sometime ;-)
Regards,
-- Raju
>>>>> "Mithun" == Mithun Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Mithun> Some font/terminal/background color combinations might not
Mithun> like color ls output very well. In either case try out the
Mithun> following
Mithun> alias ls='/bin/ls --color=auto'
Mithun> next try this one and do a listing
Mithun> alias ls='/bin/ls -F'
Mithun> This one will put a tag after each file/directory name
Mithun> which will help you identify the type of file it is.
Mithun> Once you decide which one to use just add that to your
Mithun> .bashrc or whatever shell rc script you are using.
--
Raju Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/
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