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Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:12:49 -0500
From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To: Robe <vcrobe@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Changing the default colors in the console
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In the last episode (Aug 22), Robe said:
> Hi there,
> 
> I'm trying to change the default color for the directories using the
> following command to see them with purple color
> 
> setenv LS_COLORS "di=01;35"
> 
> but when I use the following command
> 
> ls -G

I think you want LSCOLORS instead.  See the ls manpage.

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	Dan Nelson
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