NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       dircolors - color setup for ls

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       dircolors [OPTION]... [FILE]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       Output commands to set the LS_COLORS environment variable.

   Determine format of output:
       -b, --sh, --bourne-shell
	      output Bourne shell code to set LS_COLORS

       -c, --csh, --c-shell
	      output C shell code to set LS_COLORS

       -p, --print-database
	      output defaults

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

       If  FILE  is  specified,  read  it to determine which colors to use for
       which file types and extensions.  Otherwise, a precompiled database  is
       used.   For  details  on  the  format  of  these  files, run `dircolors
       --print-database'.

AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]

       Written by H. Peter Anvin.

REPORTING BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Report bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT    [Toc]    [Back]

       Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
       NO  warranty;  not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
       PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       The full documentation for dircolors is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
       If the info and dircolors programs are properly installed at your site,
       the command

	      info dircolors

       should give you access to the complete manual.



dircolors (fileutils) 4.1	  March 2002			  DIRCOLORS(1)