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dircolors

color setup for ls

Synopsis

dircolors [OPTION]... [FILE]


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  eval "`dircolors -b ~/.dircolors`"
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  eval `dircolors ~/.dircolors`
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  eval `dircolors
  ~/.zsh/dircolors/dircolors.256dark`
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  eval "$(dircolors
  ~/.dircolors-solarized/dircolors.ansi-dark)"
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  eval `dircolors
  ~/.dir_colors/dircolors.256dark`
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  eval `dircolors ~/.dircolors`






  #EOF
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  eval $(dircolors $HOME/.dotfiles/zsh/dircolors/xoria256m)

description

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’.

copyright

Copyright © 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

reporting bugs

Report dircolors bugs to bug-coreutils[:at:]gnu[:dot:]org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report dircolors translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>


see also

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 coreutils 'dircolors invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.


author

Written by H. Peter Anvin.

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