uu-dircolors(1)

uu-dircolors1

Output commands to set the ls_colors environment variable.

Usage

dircolors [OPTION] ... [FILE]

Overview

Output commands to set the LS_COLORS environment variable.

Options

-b, --sh

output Bourne shell code to set LS_COLORS

-c, --csh

output C shell code to set LS_COLORS

-p, --print-database

print the byte counts

--print-ls-colors

output fully escaped colors for display

-h, --help

Print help

-V, --version

Print version

Extra

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'

Version

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0

From uutils-coreutils 0.12.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.