In Ubuntu dircolors -p makes the list somewhat more readable albeit long.


On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 6:02 PM, James Mcphee <jmcphe@gmail.com> wrote:
Which distro are you using?  ubuntu has the "dircolors" command that will output your color settings, and then you override them by setting LS_COLORS in your .bash_profile (or .bashrc in some cases).

Redhat derivatives have /etc/DIR_COLORS that you can copy to ~/.dir_colors and let you set them there.


On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 3:57 PM, <joe@actionline.com> wrote:
How can I change the default colors for listing files from the command line?
The lime green against my terminal beige background is very hard to see.

Example here: http://www.upquick.com/temp/listcolors.jpg

And why are some colored words off center (below the baseline)?





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