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akko
Asked: 2020-12-27 18:23:04 +0800 CST 2020-12-27 18:23:04 +0800 CST

Change colors of the ls command in Linux

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I would like to change the colors of the ls command on my data partition, since the directories are hard to read from the console.

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It's an NTFS partition that I share with Windows and my /etc/fstab file contains the following for the partition:

/dev/sda4 /media/datos ntfs-3g rw,defaults 0 0
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  1. Best Answer

    To change the color in the terminal, you must modify your .bashrc file.

    You enter the terminal:

    nano $HOME/.bashrc

    Add at the end of the file:

    export PS1="\[$(tput setaf 1)\]\u@\h:\w $ \[$(tput sgr0)\]"

    You save (control + o) and then close (control + x). Now upload your file that you just changed.

    source ~/.bashrc

    List of options:

    • tput bold – bold
    • tput rev – invert colors
    • tput sgr0 – Reset all
    • tput setaf {CODE} – Set foreground color, view color {CODE}

    COLOR CODE:

    Color {code}    Color
0   Black
1   Red
2   Green
3   Yellow
4   Blue
5   Magenta
6   Cyan
7   White

    Another way to change colors is using LS_COLORS:

    You enter the terminal:

    wget https://raw.github.com/trapd00r/LS_COLORS/master/LS_COLORS -O $HOME/.dircolors
echo 'eval $(dircolors -b $HOME/.dircolors)' >> $HOME/.bashrc
. $HOME/.bashrc

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