Re: bash & color

[David Teague <dbt@elentari.cs.wcu.edu>]

On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Aaron Solochek wrote:

> Can anyone tell me how to get color in my shell?  I know it has
> something to do with the LS_COLORS variable, but I don't know what to
> set it to, or what to add to what file so that it does it
> automatically... Or that reminds me, what file should I put stuff to
> customize my bash prompt in?
> 
Aaron:

Putting this line in .profile, or .bash_profile, or in /etc/profile
does it for me.

	alias ls="ls --color=auto"

does it for me.

--David
David Teague, dbt@cs.wcu.edu
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