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Date:      Mon, 13 May 1996 07:49:52 -0400 (EDT)
From:      David <btjones@email.njin.net>
To:        "freyes@i-2000.com" <Francisco.Reyes@i-2000.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD questions mailing list <questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: colored prompts in BASH
Message-ID:  <Pine.SUN.3.91.960513074733.5451C-100000@pilot.njin.net>
In-Reply-To: <199605130347.XAA12617@i-2000.com>

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On Sun, 12 May 1996, Francisco Reyes wrote:

> I tried posting this question in the comp.unix.shell, but my post
> failed so here it goes..
> ----------------
> At work there is one Linux computer and the bash shell there
> has color prompts for different types of files. I have FreeBSD
> at home and I would like to have colored prompts.
> 
> I have searched in the Bash FAQ and did not find anything
> regarding colored prompts. I tried the man pages also.
> 
> Is this a feature available to Linux only?

	I don't believe so.  I'm almost positive what you are referring 
to is the color-ls package, which has been ported to FreeBSD already.  
It's available as a package on ftp.freebsd.org. colorls-2.1.tgz is the 
actual filename, which can be retrieved from /pub/FreeBSD/packages/All.

..djw



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