Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 17:59:56 +0100 From: Daniel Bye <dan@slightlystrange.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ls with the -G option Message-ID: <20020426165956.GD14130@icarus.slightlystrange.org> In-Reply-To: <GV6PK3$501D6328F3A2A50E2E46B728E48A99EE@laposte.net> References: <GV6PK3$501D6328F3A2A50E2E46B728E48A99EE@laposte.net>
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On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 06:52:51PM +0200, e.cerejo@laposte.net wrote:
> Is it possible to make the ls command run with the -G option
> every time you run ls or ls with any other option. I just
> want it to show color all the time and to be able to add more
> options to it, for example ls -a I would like it to give the
> results in color without having to add the -G option all the
> time. Thanks
>
Hi,
This is an excerpt from the man page for ls:
-G Enable colorized output. This option is equivalent to defining
CLICOLOR in the environment. (See below).
So, set CLICOLOR=true in your shell startup file and it should do
what you want it to do.
Dan
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