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Date:      Mon, 27 Jul 1998 19:03:30 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Sascha Schumann <sas@schell.de>
To:        Barry Grotjahn <flashlight@swn.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: the ls command with colored output ?
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.00.9807271901230.2122-100000@guerilla.foo.bar>
In-Reply-To: <35BCA160.76004D08@swn.de>

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On Mon, 27 Jul 1998, Barry Grotjahn wrote:

> I searched for a tool so that with the ls command IŽll get the
> information colored (to see wheter there are files or directories etc.)
> .
> I found one : gnuls (on the FreeBSD CDŽs) and I installed it with
> pkg_add .
> But after reboot the same results : all is in the same color .
> Any idea of what to do ?
> 
> Barry Grotjahn

It's not enabled by default. Perhaps you are still calling the old ls,
btw. A 'ls --version|more' should give more output.

alias ls='ls --color -F'
alias l='ls -al'

I just feel comfortable with that setup (tested it only with bash).

Bye,
      Sascha


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