Linux dircolors command details how to use the Linux dircolors command

Dircolors can set ls_colors environment variables or display shell directives that set ls_colors environment variables according to [color profiles].

Grammar

dircolors [color profile]

Or

dircolors [-bcp][--help][--version]

Parameter description:

• The-B or--sh or--bourne-shell is displayed in the Boume shell, and the ls_colors is set as the currently preset shell directive.
• The-C or--csh or--c-shell are displayed in the C shell, and the ls_colors is set as the currently preset shell directive.
• -P or--print-database display pre-Setup
• -help display Help.
• -version Displays version information.

Instance

Display default values

# DIRCOLORS-P//display default values

# Configuration file for dircolors, a utility to help you set the

# ls_colors environment variable used by GNU LS with the--color option.

# Copyright (C) 1996, 1999-2008

# free Software Foundation, Inc.

# Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,

# are permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are.

# The keywords COLOR, OPTIONS, and Eightbit (honored by the

# Slackware version of Dircolors) are recognized but ignored.

# Below, there should be one TERM entry to each TermType this is colorizable

TERM Eterm

TERM ANSI

TERM Color-xterm

TERM con132x25

TERM con132x30

TERM con132x43

TERM con132x60

TERM con80x25

TERM con80x28

TERM Xterm-debian

# Below are the color init strings for the basic file types. A Color Init

# string consists of one or more of the following numeric codes:

# Attribute Codes:

# 00=none 01=bold 04=underscore 05=blink 07=reverse 08=concealed

# Text Color Codes:

# 30=black 31=red 32=green 33=yellow 34=blue 35=magenta 36=cyan 37=white

# Background Color Codes:

# 40=black 41=red 42=green 43=yellow 44=blue 45=magenta 46=cyan 47=white

#NORMAL # No color code at all

#FILE # Regular File:use no color at all

Reset 0 # Reset to ' normal ' color

DIR 01;34 # Directory

Link 01;36 # Symbolic link. (If you are set to ' target ' instead of ' a

# numerical value, the ' color is ' As for ' file pointed to. '

Hardlink 44;37 # Regular file with more than one link

FIFO 40;33 # Pipe

Sock 01;35 # socket

DOOR 01;35 # DOOR

BLK 40;33;01 # block device driver

CHR 40;33;01 # character device driver

Orphan 40;31;01 # symlink to nonexistent file, or Non-stat ' able file

SETUID 37;41 # file is SETUID (u+s)

SETGID 30;43 # file is SETGID (g+s)

CAPABILITY 30;41 # file with CAPABILITY

Sticky_other_writable 30;42 # dir is STICKY and other-writable (+t,o+w)

Other_writable 34;42 # dir is other-writable (o+w) and not sticky

STICKY 37;44 # dir with the STICKY bit set (+t) and not other-writable

# This is to files with Execute permission:

EXEC 01;32

# List Any file extensions like '. Gz ' or '. Tar ', would like LS

# to Colorize below. Put the extension, a space, and the color init string.

# (and any comments your want to add after a ' # ')

# If Use Dos-style suffixes, your may want to uncomment the following:

#.cmd 01;32 # executables (bright green)

#.exe 01;32

#.com 01;32

#.btm 01;32

#.bat 01;32

# Or If you are want to colorize scripts even if they does not have the

# executable bit actually set.

#.sh 01;32

#.csh 01;32

# Archives or Compressed (bright red)

. Tar 01;31

. PCX 01;35

. mov 01;35

. mpg 01;35

. MPEG 01;35

. M2V 01;35

. mkv 01;35

. OGM 01;35

. mp4 01;35

. M4V 01;35

. mp4v 01;35

. VOB 01;35

. QT 01;35

. NUV 01;35

. wmv 01;35

. asf 01;35

. RM 01;35

. RMVB 01;35

. FLC 01;35

. avi 01;35

. FLI 01;35

. flv 01;35

. GL 01;35

. DL 01;35

. XCF 01;35

. XWD 01;35

. YUV 01;35

# http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/MIME_Types_and_File_Extensions

. AXV 01;35

. Anx 01;35

. OGV 01;35

. OGX 01;35

# Audio formats

. AAC 00;36

. Au 00;36

. FLAC 00;36

. Mid 00;36

. MIDI 00;36

. Mka 00;36

. mp3 00;36

. MPC 00;36

. ogg 00;36

. RA 00;36

. wav 00;36

# http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/MIME_Types_and_File_Extensions

. Axa 00;36

. OGA 00;36

. SPX 00;36

. XSPF 00;36