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From: Chris <kingsqueak@kingsqueak.org>
To: "M. Avillez" <mavillez@amnh.org>
Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Color ls in xterm
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On Sat, Aug 26, 2000 at 08:03:59PM -0500, M. Avillez wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I was able to get colors in the console using "ls -G"
> 
> But I aint able to get colors on xterm or rxvt.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 

Sure, add this to your shell's rc file

if (test $DISPLAY); then
   export TERM=xterm-color
fi

Then when you startx next go TERM will be set appropriately.



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