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Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/ls.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -4553,8 +4553,8 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ -C list entries by columns\n\ - --color[=WHEN] control whether color is used to distinguish file\n\ - types. WHEN may be `never', `always', or `auto'\n\ + --color[=WHEN] colorize the output. WHEN defaults to `always'\n\ + or can be `never' or `auto'. More info below\n\ -d, --directory list directory entries instead of contents,\n\ and do not dereference symbolic links\n\ -D, --dired generate output designed for Emacs' dired mode\n\ @@ -4668,12 +4668,10 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\ emit_size_note (); fputs (_("\ \n\ -By default, color is not used to distinguish types of files. That is\n\ -equivalent to using --color=none. Using the --color option without the\n\ -optional WHEN argument is equivalent to using --color=always. With\n\ ---color=auto, color codes are output only if standard output is connected\n\ -to a terminal (tty). The environment variable LS_COLORS can influence the\n\ -colors, and can be set easily by the dircolors command.\n\ +Using color to distinguish types of files is not enabled by default, or when\n\ +--color=never is specified. With --color=auto, color codes are output only\n\ +when standard output is connected to a terminal. The LS_COLORS environment\n\ +variable can change the default codes and can be set using dircolors command.\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ \n\ |