Making 'ls' display colors

cricketlover · #1 July 26th, 2004, 01:25 AM

Hi,

How do I make 'ls' display colors. There is no --color option in Darwin like there is in linux. BTW I am using Mac OS X 10.2.8 with Darwin Kernel version 6.8.

Thanks,

Div

3mors · #2 July 26th, 2004, 04:57 AM

if u check "man ls" u find it.

"ls -G" gives you a coloured output.

**mdnky** · #3 July 26th, 2004, 01:04 PM

Unless you run 10.3, you supposedly have to download a custom version of LS for colored output.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...31027145026892

(Older Hint - has link for new LS)
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...00112201143624

3mors · #4 July 26th, 2004, 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mdnky

Unless you run 10.3, you supposedly have to download a custom version of LS for colored output.

not right. it works also on jaguar.

cricketlover · #5 July 29th, 2004, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mdnky

Unless you run 10.3, you supposedly have to download a custom version of LS for colored output.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...31027145026892

(Older Hint - has link for new LS)
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...00112201143624

ls -G does not work on my machine, since there is no -G option.
The older link (mentioned in your message) asks me to download a version of ls written by someone, but that person't website does not seem to have it anymore.

Div