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sailor · 09-05-2004, 09:09 AM

Guys, in need of a bit of linux help. I just installed Debian Testing on a box, from scratch. However, the shell (whether local or over SSH) is not showing colors like I am used to. This is the first time I have installed a distro and had it not be automatically set like that, so Im pretty baffled. IIRC, it isnt a hard thing to get running, but I sure don't know where to go with it.

Thanks for any help.

bacon · 09-05-2004, 10:50 AM

Add this to your .bashrc, or to the /etc/profile to make it system wide:

eval `dircolors`
alias ls='ls --color=auto '
alias ll='ls -l'
alias la='ls -A'
alias l='ls -CF'

That'll turn on ls colors, and set up a few nice aliases for you.

09-05-2004, 09:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
sailor beauty in the breakdown Location: Chapel Hill, NC	Linux Shell Colors Guys, in need of a bit of linux help. I just installed Debian Testing on a box, from scratch. However, the shell (whether local or over SSH) is not showing colors like I am used to. This is the first time I have installed a distro and had it not be automatically set like that, so Im pretty baffled. IIRC, it isnt a hard thing to get running, but I sure don't know where to go with it. Thanks for any help. __________________ "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." --Plato

09-05-2004, 10:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
bacon Upright	Add this to your .bashrc, or to the /etc/profile to make it system wide: eval `dircolors` alias ls='ls --color=auto ' alias ll='ls -l' alias la='ls -A' alias l='ls -CF' That'll turn on ls colors, and set up a few nice aliases for you.