>Michael Schwendt wrote: > >>On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 05:14:26 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> >> >> >>>How can I eliminate color in "ls" listings? >>> >>>In .bashrc can add alias ls='ls --color=never' >>> >>>But this does not change the listing in the gui terminal window. >>> >>>There must be a place to "alias" ls for something like ls -l --si >>>--color=never ? >>> >>> >> >>I type \ls instead of ls when I don't want the colours. >> >> >> >Ok "\ls" works, I thank you for that ... > >How can I change the colors? The problem is that the Blue >directory >listings are very difficult to read and as a result I have >been changing >the xterm fg and bg settings in an attempt to improve things >without >much improvement. If I make the bg white [set to gray now] >then I can't >read some of the yellow text in the man pages. The colors >are helpful >but I need to change them a little. What I really need to >know is what >file contains the color settings? I have been unable to find >that. > >Thanks for the help. > >Bob Goodwin Zuni, Virginia You can change the colors by making chnages in the /etc/DIR_COLORS and DIR_COLORS.xterm files. -- Richard E Miles Federal Way WA. registered linux user 46097
