dircolors1
Color setup for ls
Usage
dircolors [OPTION] ...
[FILE]
Overview
Output commands to set the LS_COLORS environment variable.
Determine format of output:
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-b, --sh, --bourne-shell -
output Bourne shell code to set LS_COLORS
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-c, --csh, --c-shell -
output C shell code to set LS_COLORS
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-p, --print-database -
output defaults
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--print-ls-colors -
output fully escaped colors for display
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--help -
display this help and exit
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--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'.
Releases
19 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 15 times.
--bourne-shell since Debian 2.2 (Potato);
--c-shell since Debian 2.2 (Potato);
--csh since Debian 2.2 (Potato);
--help since Debian 2.2 (Potato);
--print-database since Debian 2.2 (Potato);
--print-ls-colors since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--sh since Debian 2.2 (Potato);
--version since Debian 2.2 (Potato);
-b since Debian 2.2 (Potato);
-c since Debian 2.2 (Potato);
-p since Debian 2.2 (Potato).
-P until Debian 1.1 (Buzz);
-S until Debian 1.1 (Buzz);
-a until Debian 1.1 (Buzz);
-k until Debian 1.1 (Buzz);
-s until Debian 1.1 (Buzz);
-t until Debian 1.1 (Buzz);
-v until Debian 1.1 (Buzz);
-z until Debian 1.1 (Buzz).