dircolors - Man Page
color setup for ls
Examples (TL;DR)
- Output commands to set LS_COLOR using default colors:
dircolors - Display each filetype with the color they would appear in
ls:dircolors --print-ls-colors - Output commands to set LS_COLOR using colors from a file:
dircolors path/to/file - Output commands for Bourne shell:
dircolors --bourne-shell - Output commands for C shell:
dircolors --c-shell - View the default colors for file types and extensions:
dircolors --print-data
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
- --print-ls-colors
output fully escaped colors for display
- --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
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
Copyright
Copyright © 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
See Also
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dircolors>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) dircolors invocation'
Referenced By
clifm(1), dir(1), dir_colors(5), fd(1), lftp(1), ls(1), tcsh(1), tree(1), vdir(1), vifm-convert-dircolors(1).