[OmniX]

i'm trying to get ls to output in color.

on a Linux box, i can type 'ls --color=tty'. however this doesn't seem to have any effect in the OSX (10.3) terminal.

thanks for any ideas,
ox

[DominikHoffmann]

How about:

Code:
ls -G

I found that the man page for ls has a bunch of things about color output in it.

Dominik Hoffmann

[OmniX]

Originally posted by DominikHoffmann:
How about:

Code:
ls -G

I found that the man page for ls has a bunch of things about color output in it.

Dominik Hoffmann

i've tried that, and unfortunately it doesn't seem to work!

[DominikHoffmann]

I've got this, when I do ls -laG:



Do you have something different?

Dominik Hoffmann

[bradoesch]

What version of 10.3 are you running? ls -G works for me running 10.3.7. Remember that UNIX is case sensitive (unlike DOS). Make sure you're using a capital G in the command or it won't work. In fact, using a lowercase g is an entirely different switch!

[OmniX]

Originally posted by bradoesch:
What version of 10.3 are you running? ls -G works for me running 10.3.7. Remember that UNIX is case sensitive (unlike DOS). Make sure you're using a capital G in the command or it won't work. In fact, using a lowercase g is an entirely different switch!

running 10.3.7. and i do invoke the proper switch: ls -G.

[DominikHoffmann]

Have you tried reinstalling your OS?

[[APi]TheMan]

Originally posted by OmniX:
i'm trying to get ls to output in color.

on a Linux box, i can type 'ls --color=tty'. however this doesn't seem to have any effect in the OSX (10.3) terminal.

You can do this on your Mac OS X box too, I've been doing it for several cat incarnations now (haha). You'll need to install the GNU ls, which is a part of the GNU coreutils package if you want pretty colors. I've always thought that ls -G had ugly colors, and besides, I'm used to the GNU ls's color scheme by now anyways.

[leira]

first make sure your $TERM is set to something like xterm-color. then make sure $CLICOLOR is set to 1. you dont have to install the GNU coreutils, although you certainly can if you want to. if you want to use the -G switch you dont need to set $CLICOLOR.

[OmniX]

Originally posted by leira:
first make sure your $TERM is set to something like xterm-color. then make sure $CLICOLOR is set to 1. you dont have to install the GNU coreutils, although you certainly can if you want to. if you want to use the -G switch you dont need to set $CLICOLOR.

thanks. can you be a bit more explicit in your instructions?
also, is there a reason why Apple doesn't configure the terminal like this by default?

[leira]

the way to set those variables is different for each shell.
first bash:

Code:
export TERM="xterm-color"
export CLICOLOR=1

now tcsh:

Code:
 set term="xterm-color"
set clicolor=1

first just type those two commands into the terminal then try your ls.
if it works add those lines to a file called .profile in your home directory. easy way to do it is:

Code:
echo 'export TERM="xterm-color"' >> ~/.profile

i'm working from staight memory here so if that tcsh stuff is off a little please forgive me. if you using a different shell than the 2 above it shouldnt be hard to find out how to set the proper variables.

[hermasj]

Originally posted by leira:
the way to set those variables is different for each shell.
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[snip]
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Or, you can set the Terminal type in "Terminal -> Preferences...".

Steve