Name
dircolors
Synopsis
dircolors [options] [file]Set the color options for ls by changing the LS_COLORS environment variable. If you specify a file, dircolors will read it to determine which colors to use. Otherwise, it will use a default set of colors.
Options
The program takes three options in addition to the standard --help and --version flags:
- -p, --print-database
Display the default colors. You can copy this information into a file and change it to suit your preferences, and then run the program with the file as its argument to set the colors to your new values.
- -c, --csh, --c-shell
Use csh (C shell) syntax when setting the LS_COLORS variable.
- -b, --sh, --bourne-shell
Use the Bourne shell syntax when setting the LS_COLORS variable.
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