type "ls" have "ls --color" happen

squanto · Last edited by squanto on Tue Aug 27, 2002 1:29 am; edited 1 time in total

I was wondering how to link "ls --color" to happen everytime I type "ls" so that I can have pretty colors on my console.
Some type of soft link I would assume?

Thanks,
Andrew

edit! Thank you to rac!

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067

You do know that ln is already an existing command? 'man ln' for info.
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rac · Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2002 1:20 am Post subject:

Are you sure you don't mean 'ls', for directory listings? See here and if you want to respond here, do it fast, because I bet kanuslupus will come along and lock this thread fairly quickly.

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sa · Guru Joined: 10 Jun 2002 Posts: 450

You mean 'ls' right? you just need to add an alias to your shell rc file, probable ~/.bashrc
alias ls='ls -F --color=auto'
alias ll='ls -lhF --color=auto'
alias la='ls -aF --color=auto'

hth,
sa

squanto · Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2002 1:31 am Post subject:

thank you. I thought kanuslupus was being kind of rude, until I realized I was being an idiot and typing the wrong thing.
Sorry bout that.

Chris W · Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2002 11:08 am Post subject:

Correct me if I've missed something, but the default Gentoo .bashrc file already provides this alias.

squanto · Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2002 12:35 pm Post subject:

Yes, I am pretty sure that it does, but not for root. I like the colors cause it makes finding the file I want easier and it is easier for me to navigate around the fs. I didn't know how to set it up, but now I do.

Thanks :mrgreen:

Guest · Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2002 12:40 am Post subject: for root?

You say not for root. If I add that to my .bashrc, should it work as root?

BradN · Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2002 1:52 am Post subject:

Why not try and find out?

Yeah, I think that's all you need.