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author | Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> | 2008-07-22 23:25:04 +0100 |
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committer | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2008-07-23 09:11:53 +0200 |
commit | 77d97a1be482bd27627198a1bc852369d4749d90 (patch) | |
tree | c45f0d8a8e69d11c894edccbea9ae072a855ee47 | |
parent | f82c5ba71efd1228a58953b6efc5e0d84c73e8a4 (diff) | |
download | coreutils-77d97a1be482bd27627198a1bc852369d4749d90.tar.xz |
doc: add example .bashrc code for a ~/.dircolors file
* coreutils.texi: Add tip for .bashrc use from Jim Meyering.
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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 44df6b3e5..81e3b911c 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -6994,6 +6994,15 @@ colors to use for which file types and extensions. Otherwise, a precompiled database is used. For details on the format of these files, run @samp{dircolors --print-database}. +To make @command{dircolors} read a @file{~/.dircolors} file if it +exists, you can put the following lines in your @file{~/.bashrc} (or +adapt them to your favorite shell): + +@example +d=.dircolors +test -r $d && eval "$(dircolors $d)" +@end example + @vindex LS_COLORS @vindex SHELL @r{environment variable, and color} The output is a shell command to set the @env{LS_COLORS} environment |