DIRCOLORS(1)             User Commands             DIRCOLORS(1)





NAME
       dircolors - color setup for ls

SYNOPSIS
       dircolors [OPTION]... [FILE]

DESCRIPTION
       Output  commands  to set the LS_COLORS environment vari-
       able.

   Determine format of output:
       -b, --sh, --bourne-shell
              output Bourne shell code to set LS_COLORS

       -c, --csh, --c-shell
              output C shell code to set LS_COLORS

       -p, --print-database
              output defaults

       --help display this help and exit

       --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 for-
       mat of these files, run `dircolors --print-database'.

AUTHOR
       Written by H. Peter Anvin.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying condi-
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABIL-
       ITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The  full documentation for dircolors is maintained as a
       Texinfo manual.  If the info and dircolors programs  are
       properly installed at your site, the command

              info dircolors

       should give you access to the complete manual.



dircolors 5.3.0          November 2004             DIRCOLORS(1)
