Linux dircolors Command
The Linux dircolors command is used to set the colors used by the ls command when displaying directories or files.
dircolors can set the LS_COLORS environment variable based on a [color configuration file] or display the shell commands to set the LS_COLORS environment variable.
Syntax
dircolors [color configuration file]
or
dircolors [-bcp][--help][--version]
Parameter Description:
-b or --sh or --bourne-shell: Displays the shell command to set LS_COLORS in the Bourne shell to the current preset.
-c or --csh or --c-shell: Displays the shell command to set LS_COLORS in the C shell to the current preset.
-p or --print-database: Displays the preset.
--help: Displays help.
--version: Displays version information.
Example
Display default values
```
dircolors -p // Display default values
Configuration file for dircolors, a utility to help you set the
LS_COLORS environment variable used by GNU ls with the --color option.
Copyright (C) 1996, 1999-2008
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
are permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
The keywords COLOR, OPTIONS, and EIGHTBIT (honored by the
slackware version of dircolors) are recognized but ignored.
Below, there should be one TERM entry for each termtype that is colorizable
TERM Eterm TERM ansi TERM color-xterm TERM con132x25 TERM con132x30 TERM con132x43 TERM con132x60 TERM con80x25 TERM con80x28 TERM xterm-debian
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 # no color code at all
FILE 00 # regular file: use no color at all
RESET 0 # reset to “normal“ color DIR 01;34 # directory LINK 01;36 # symbolic link. (If you set this to 'target' instead of a
numerical value, the color is as for the file pointed to.)
HARDLINK 44;37 # regular file with more than one link FIFO 40;33 # pipe SOCK 01;35 # socket DOOR 01;35 # door BLK 40;33;01 # block device driver CHR 40;33;01 # character device driver ORPHAN 40;31;01 # symlink to nonexistent file, or non-stat'able file SETUID 37;41 # file that is setuid (u+s) SETGID 30;43 # file that is setgid (g+s) CAPABILITY 30;41 # file with capability STICKY_OTHER_WRITABLE 30;42 # dir that is sticky and other-writable (+t,o+w) OTHER_WRITABLE 34;42 # dir that is other-writable (o+w) and not sticky STICKY 37;44 # dir with the sticky bit set (+t) and not other-writable
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 '#')
If you use DOS-style suffixes, you may want to uncomment the following:
.cmd 01;32 # executables (bright green)
.exe 01;32
.com 01;32
.btm 01;32
.bat 01;32
Or if you want to colorize scripts even if they do not have the
executable bit actually set.
.sh 01;32
.csh 01;32
archives or compressed (bright red)
.tar 01;31
.pcx 01;35 .mov 01;35 .mpg 01;35 .mpeg 01;35 .m2v 01;35 .mkv 01;35 .ogm 01;35 .mp4 01;35 .m4v 01;35 .mp4v 01;35 .vob 01;35 .qt 01;35 .nuv 01;35 .wmv 01;35 .asf 01;35 .rm 01;35 .rmvb 01;35 .flc 01;35 .avi 01;35 .fli 01;35 .flv 01;35 .gl 01;35 .dl 01;35 .xcf 01;35 .xwd 01;35 .yuv 01;35
http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/MIME_Types_and_File_Extensions
.axv 01;35 .anx 01;35 .ogv 01;35 .ogx 01;35
audio formats
.aac 00;36 .au 00;36 .flac 00;36 .mid 00;36 .midi 00;36 .mka 00;36 .mp3 00;36 .mpc 00;36 .ogg 00;36 .ra 00;36 .wav 00;36
http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/MIME_Types_and_File_Extensions
.axa 00;36 .oga 00;36 .spx 00;36 .xspf 00;36