DIRCOLORS(1)

NAME
dircolors - color setup for ls

SYNOPSIS
dircolors [OPTION]... [FILE]

DESCRIPTION

Output commands to set the LS_COLORS environment variable.

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

AUTHOR
Written by H. Peter Anvin.

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

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY 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 coreutils dircolors

should give you access to the complete manual.