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Answer 1

+8 A:

You can add

alias ls='ls -G'

to your ~/.bash_profile to get colored ls output.

Barry Wark 2009-06-10 06:05:58

Mine is alias ls="ls -Gp" — the -p adds a slash after each directory. For me, it provides that much more visual differentiation, which is helpful.

Quinn Taylor 2009-06-12 15:40:31

Answer 2

+14 A:

Edit:

~/.bash_profile

or

~/.profile

and add the following two lines:

export CLICOLOR=1
export LSCOLORS=ExFxCxDxBxegedabagacad

you can use this if you are using a black background:

export LSCOLORS=gxBxhxDxfxhxhxhxhxcxcx

Bill Szerdy 2009-06-10 18:13:10

Or `gxBxhxDxfxhxhxhxhxcxcx` on black background

Mikulas Dite 2010-07-16 17:51:03

Answer 3

A:

Bill - Thanks, setting the ~/.profile to export as you suggested solved the problem.

sa125 2009-10-11 18:04:19

Answer 4

+2 A:

If you want a readable mac os x terminal color scheme, you may want to look into this:

I've been using this for over a year now, and I might not be able to function without it!

Jeff 2010-10-19 14:23:06

How to configure Mac Terminal to have color ls output