Karlsson Mikael HKI/SOSV wrote:
And while we're on the subject of different file types why
doesn't ls support coloring of different file types like in Linux. As it would make
finding certain files easier by coloring them differently depending on their ending.
Try http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Karlsson Mikael HKI/SOSV wrote:
[...]
which are all supported in for example GNU/Linux ls, except 10 and 11,
but then they have an extra option to put different coloring on files
with a special ending. So that archives, moviefiles, soundfiles etc.
have a special
I hesitate to step into the fray; it appears that
the phrase `more heat than light' now applies. But
...
Says who? cat works fine on binary files. The
problem you are having is that people are using
cat to *display* files. Fixing that problem
could break cat for its more standard use:
On 22 Sep 2003 09:06:00 +0300
Karlsson Mikael HKI/SOSV [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Ruben de Groot wrote (19.9.2003 13:34):
So why don't you for example alias cat to cat -v in your system
profile and login scripts? This will display non-printing characters
so they are visible and don't
Thus spake Chris Pressey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [22/09/03 11:54]:
Also, I believe 'GNU ls', in the ports, supports coloured directory
listings.
As does FreeBSD's ls. From 'man 1 ls':
-G Enable colorized output. This option is equivalent to
defining CLICOLOR in the
On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 08:54:16AM -0700, Chris Pressey wrote:
Also, I believe 'GNU ls', in the ports, supports coloured directory
listings.
Have you tried typing 'ls -G' using the system ls(1) recently?
Cheers,
Matthew
--
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 12:01:15 -0400
Damian Gerow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thus spake Chris Pressey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [22/09/03 11:54]:
Also, I believe 'GNU ls', in the ports, supports coloured directory
listings.
As does FreeBSD's ls. From 'man 1 ls':
-GEnable
Karlsson Mikael HKI/SOSV [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So it's better for a newbie to get understandable jibrish from cat
when run on directories then an error message stating that they are
trying to run cat on a directory like ls says when they try to run ls
on a file. But as I said earlier who
On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 08:27:00AM +0300, Karlsson Mikael HKI/SOSV typed:
OK! I admit that it isn't THE BIGGEST problem for me BUT it is A problem. What
I ment in my last mail was that it is the biggest problem concerning cat. Since
someone always seems to cat a binary file without having the
In the last episode (Sep 18), Karlsson Mikael HKI/SOSV said:
What I just wanted to ask was if it's absolutely necessary for cat to
be able to work on directories. Or if it would be possible to simply
add a check to cat that tests if the file being opened is a
directory and then exits with an
On Fri, Sep 19, 2003, Karlsson Mikael HKI/SOSV wrote:
OK! I admit that it isn't THE BIGGEST problem for me BUT it is A problem. What
I ment in my last mail was that it is the biggest problem concerning cat. Since
someone always seems to cat a binary file without having the knowledge of what
it
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