Brent R. Matzelle on Sat, 29 Jan 2000 13:59:46 -0500 (EST)


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Re: [PLUG] How do I Change Colors


Those colors are controlled by the /etc/DIR_COLORS file.  Here's an
example of them (the default for the Linux Mandrake distribution). 
The upper case words are the file types and the numbers after them
are the colors.  Hope that helps.  --Brent

# EIGHTBIT, followed by '1' for on, '0' for off. (8-bit output)
EIGHTBIT 1

# Below are the color init strings for the basic file types. A color init
# string consists of one or more of the following numeric codes:
# Attribute codes: 
# 00=none 01=bold 04=underscore 05=blink 07=reverse 08=concealed
# Text color codes:
# 30=black 31=red 32=green 33=yellow 34=blue 35=magenta 36=cyan 37=white
# Background color codes:
# 40=black 41=red 42=green 43=yellow 44=blue 45=magenta 46=cyan 47=white
NORMAL 00	# global default, although everything should be something.
FILE 00 	# normal file
DIR 01;34 	# directory
LINK 01;36 	# symbolic link
FIFO 40;33	# pipe
SOCK 01;35	# socket
BLK 40;33;01	# block device driver
CHR 40;33;01 	# character device driver
ORPHAN 01;05;37;41  # orphaned symlinks
MISSING 01;05;37;41 # ... and the files they point to

# This is for files with execute permission:
EXEC 01;32 

# List any file extensions like '.gz' or '.tar' that you would like ls
# to colorize below. Put the extension, a space, and the color init string.
# (and any comments you want to add after a '#')
.cmd 01;32 # executables (bright green)
.exe 01;32
.com 01;32
.btm 01;32

On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> Is there a way to change the colors of the text when using the 
> shell? My background is black, text is white. I would like a new 
> text color if possible.
> 
> 
> 
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