From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 26 19:36: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from backup.af.speednet.com.au (af.speednet.com.au [202.135.188.244]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C17A437B42C for ; Sat, 26 Aug 2000 19:36:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from backup.af.speednet.com.au (andyf@backup.af.speednet.com.au [172.22.2.4]) by backup.af.speednet.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA25274; Sun, 27 Aug 2000 12:35:19 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from andyf@speednet.com.au) Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 12:35:19 +1000 (EST) From: Andy Farkas X-Sender: andyf@backup.af.speednet.com.au To: Matthew Emmerton Cc: rob , "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: make 'ls' in console color files like SuSE In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, Matthew Emmerton wrote: > You will need to install the GNU fileutils package from the ports > collection. See /usr/ports/sysutils/fileutils. It includes a > color-enabled ls. FreeBSD's ls(1) now has builtin colour: $ ls -G > > -- > Matthew Emmerton || matt@gsicomp.on.ca > GSI Computer Services || P: +1 (800) 217-5409 > Technical Director || F: +1 (519) 335-6584 > > On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, rob wrote: > > > How can I make my FreeBSD console act like SuSE Linux when I am using > > ls? SuSE shows directories, executables, links, etc with their own > > usique color. I never was able to figure out exactly how to customize > > this in Linux, so I really am at a loss for how to even begin in > > FreeBSD. Thanks, Rob. > > -- :{ andyf@speednet.com.au Andy Farkas System Administrator Speednet Communications http://www.speednet.com.au/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message