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dircolors


SYNOPSIS

       dircolors [OPTION]... [FILE]


DESCRIPTION

       Output commands to set the LS_COLORS environment variable.

   Determine format of output:
       -b, --sh, --bourne-shell
              output Bourne shell code to set LS_COLORS

       -c, --csh, --c-shell
              output C shell code to set LS_COLORS

       -p, --print-database
              output defaults

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       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'.


AUTHOR

       Written by H. Peter Anvin.


REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.


COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software.  You may redistribute copies  of  it  under  the
       terms       of       the      GNU      General      Public      License
       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.  There is NO WARRANTY,  to  the
       extent permitted by law.


SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for dircolors is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
       If the info and dircolors programs are properly installed at your site,
       the command

              info dircolors

       should give you access to the complete manual.


dircolors 5.97 May 2008 DIRCOLORS(1)


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