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to make your terminal display color coded files and directories when you call the ls command,

run:

sudo apt-get install fileutils

(have to have fink installed first if you’re on the mac)

then add to your .bashrc or .profile:

eval “`dircolors -b`”
alias ls=’ls –color=auto’


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One Response to “how to get a color terminal”

  1. on 03 Mar 2006 at 6:58 pm Jason

    You could also add

    export CLICOLOR=1
    export LSCOLORS=ExFxCxDxBxegedabagacad

    to ~/.bash_profile (assuming you’re using bash and tiger)

    I haven’t figured out how to change directories from dark blue (which are hard to read on my transparent black terminal background).

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