change ls command colors

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astar : 04/08/02 11:03 PM : Incident created -   mandrake center -> system -> terminal -> ls Consider that I am somewhat color blind and spend a lot of time in the terminal mode, and when I use ls, the colors of the directories come out a deep blue that does not show well to me on my monitor. Thus I wish to select other colors for ls displays. Please advise.
Linegod_7611 : 05/08/02 09:40 AM : Reply received -   Copy '/etc/DIR_COLORS' to your home directory as '.dir_colors' and then edit the colours as need be. Use http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/x343.html for the colour codes. You may have to log in an out of the console to see changes. ------- Note: If this answer resolves your problem, please remember to close this incident.
MandrakeSoft : 05/08/02 02:06 PM : Reply received -   Hello, Read the man page, and check out the file /etc/DIR_COLORS. You can configure the colors any way you like, or shut them off entirely. Also, you can copy /etc/DIR_COLORS into your home directory as '.dir_colors' to override the global defaults on a user by user basis. Best regards, The technical support team. Mandrakesoft.
astar : 05/08/02 04:26 PM : Incident closed -

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