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Hi all,

I've tried modifying the .bashrc in my home folder to give me different colors for 'ls', but without any luck. Here's the basic thing that I'd usually do:

export CLICOLOR=1
export LSCOLORS=DxGxcxdxCxegedabagacad

But nothing changed... ideas?

Thanks!

asked Nov 24 '10 at 18:12

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wulftone
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I found the file for CentOS, /etc/DIR_COLORS, but it's read_only, of course. Is there a way to change it for only me?

(Nov 24 '10 at 18:18) wulftone wulftone's gravatar image
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Copy /etc/DIR_COLORS to your home directory as ~/.dir_colors:

cp /etc/DIR_COLORS ~/.dir_colors

You can then edit ~/.dir_colors to get the colors you want. You'll need to log out and log back in after each change.

Hope that helps!

answered Nov 24 '10 at 18:36

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