Linux "dircolors" Command Line Options and Examples

color setup for ls

Output commands to set the LS_COLORS environment variable.

Usage:

dircolors [OPTION]... [FILE]

Command Line Options:

-b

output Bourne shell code to set LS_COLORS


                            dircolors -b ...

-c

output C shell code to set LS_COLORS


                            dircolors -c ...

--help

display this help and exit


                            dircolors --help ...

--version

output version information and exitIf FILE is specified, read it to determine which colors to use for which file types and extensions. Otherwise, a precompiled data‐base is used. For details on the format of these files, run 'dircolors --print-database'.AUTHORWritten by H. Peter Anvin.REPORTING BUGSGNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>Report dircolors translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>COPYRIGHTCopyright © 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.


                            dircolors --version ...