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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

--print-ls-colors

output fully escaped colors for display

--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

GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>;
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>;

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://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.

SEE ALSO

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dircolors>;
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) dircolors invocation'