dircolors(1)

💖 dircolors(1) 💖

General Commands Manual energy, bestie. This is the dircolors page and we're gonna make your terminal look GORGEOUS. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

dircolors — output commands to set the LS_COLORS environment variable. That's it, that's the whole vibe. 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

dircolors [-b|--sh] [-c|--csh] [-p|--print-database] [--print-ls-colors]
[-h|--help] [-V|--version] [FILE]

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Output commands to set the LS_COLORS environment variable. 💅

Like, that's the entire job. It hands you back shell commands, you run them, and suddenly your ls output is serving looks instead of being a beige tragedy. No cap.

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

• -b, --sh — output Bourne shell code to set LS_COLORS. Bestie shell. 🫶
• -c, --csh — output C shell code to set LS_COLORS. C shell girlies, this one's for you. 🐚
• -p, --print-database — print the byte counts. (Yes, that is literally what the page says, and I am simply relaying it fr fr. 💀)
• --print-ls-colors — output fully escaped colors for display. Fully escaped, fully iconic. 🌈
• -h, --help — Print help. When you're lost, ask for help, it's giving self-care. 🙈
• -V, --version — Print version. Gotta know which era of the software you're in. ⭐

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🧚 EXTRA 🧚

If FILE is specified, read it to determine which colors to use for which file types and extensions. Otherwise, a precompiled database is used. For details on the format of these files, run dircolors --print-database.

Lowkey this is the part where you find out you can write your own color file and make your terminal 100% main character energy. The format details live behind that command, so go run it. 👑

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💜 VERSION 💜

v(uutils coreutils) 0.7.0

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And that's the whole page, bestie!! Written by the uutils coreutils girlies, version 0.7.0, and this is dircolors(1) signing off. Go forth and make your ls output slay. 💅✨🦋🌸🎀🫶👑🌈⭐💜