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dircolors

NAME

dircolors - color setup for ls

SYNOPSIS

dircolors [OPTION]... [FILE]

DESCRIPTION

Output commands to set the LS_COLORS environment variable.

Determine format of output:

-b, --sh, --bourne-shell

output Bourne shell code to set LS_COLORS

-c, --csh, --c-shell

output C shell code to set LS_COLORS

-p, --print-database

output defaults

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

If FILE is specified, read it to determine which colors to use for which file types and extensions. Otherwise, a precompiled database is used. For details on the format of these files, run `dircolors --print-database'.

AUTHOR

Written by H. Peter Anvin.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for dircolors is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and dircolors programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info dircolors

should give you access to the complete manual.