Section (5) dir_colors
Name
dir_colors — configuration file for dircolors(1)
DESCRIPTION
The program ls(1) uses the environment
variable LS_COLORS
to determine
the colors in which the filenames are to be displayed. This
environment variable is usually set by a command like
eval `dircolors some_path/dir_colors`
found in a system default shell initialization file, like
/etc/profile
or /etc/csh.cshrc
. (See also dircolors(1).) Usually, the
file used here is /etc/DIR_COLORS
and can be overridden by a
.dir_colors
file in
one_zsingle_quotesz_s home directory.
This configuration file consists of several statements, one per line. Anything right of a hash mark (#) is treated as a comment, if the hash mark is at the beginning of a line or is preceded by at least one whitespace. Blank lines are ignored.
The global
section of the file consists of any statement before the
first TERM
statement. Any
statement in the global section of the file is considered
valid for all terminal types. Following the global section is
one or more terminal-specific
sections,
preceded by one or more TERM
statements which specify the terminal types (as given by the
TERM
environment variable) the
following declarations apply to. It is always possible to
override a global declaration by a subsequent
terminal-specific one.
The following statements are recognized; case is insignificant:
- TERM
terminal-type
-
Starts a terminal-specific section and specifies which terminal it applies to. Multiple
TERM
statements can be used to create a section which applies for several terminal types. - COLOR yes|all|no|none|tty
-
(Slackware only; ignored by GNU dircolors(1).) Specifies that colorization should always be enabled (
yes
orall
), never enabled (no
ornone
), or enabled only if the output is a terminal (tty
). The default isno
. - EIGHTBIT yes|no
-
(Slackware only; ignored by GNU dircolors(1).) Specifies that eight-bit ISO 8859 characters should be enabled by default. For compatibility reasons, this can also be specified as 1 for
yes
or 0 forno
. The default isno
. - OPTIONS
options
-
(Slackware only; ignored by GNU dircolors(1).) Adds command-line options to the default ls command line. The options can be any valid ls command-line options, and should include the leading minus sign. Note that dircolors does not verify the validity of these options.
- NORMAL
color-sequence
-
Specifies the color used for normal (nonfilename) text.
Synonym:
NORM
. - FILE
color-sequence
-
Specifies the color used for a regular file.
- DIR
color-sequence
-
Specifies the color used for directories.
- LINK
color-sequence
-
Specifies the color used for a symbolic link.
Synonyms:
LNK
,SYMLINK
. - ORPHAN
color-sequence
-
Specifies the color used for an orphaned symbolic link (one which points to a nonexistent file). If this is unspecified, ls will use the
LINK
color instead. - MISSING
color-sequence
-
Specifies the color used for a missing file (a nonexistent file which nevertheless has a symbolic link pointing to it). If this is unspecified, ls will use the
FILE
color instead. - FIFO
color-sequence
-
Specifies the color used for a FIFO (named pipe).
Synonym:
PIPE
. - SOCK
color-sequence
-
Specifies the color used for a socket.
- DOOR
color-sequence
-
(Supported since fileutils 4.1) Specifies the color used for a door (Solaris 2.5 and later).
- BLK
color-sequence
-
Specifies the color used for a block device special file.
Synonym:
BLOCK
. - CHR
color-sequence
-
Specifies the color used for a character device special file.
Synonym:
CHAR
. - EXEC
color-sequence
-
Specifies the color used for a file with the executable attribute set.
- SUID
color-sequence
-
Specifies the color used for a file with the set-user-ID attribute set.
Synonym:
SETUID
. - SGID
color-sequence
-
Specifies the color used for a file with the set-group-ID attribute set.
Synonym:
SETGID
. - STICKY
color-sequence
-
Specifies the color used for a directory with the sticky attribute set.
- STICKY_OTHER_WRITABLE
color-sequence
-
Specifies the color used for an other-writable directory with the executable attribute set.
Synonym:
OWT
. - OTHER_WRITABLE
color-sequence
-
Specifies the color used for an other-writable directory without the executable attribute set.
Synonym:
OWR
. - LEFTCODE
color-sequence
-
Specifies the left code for non-ISO 6429 terminals (see below).
Synonym:
LEFT
. - RIGHTCODE
color-sequence
-
Specifies the right code for non-ISO 6429 terminals (see below).
Synonym:
RIGHT
. - ENDCODE
color-sequence
-
Specifies the end code for non-ISO 6429 terminals (see below).
Synonym:
END
. - *
extension
color-sequence
-
Specifies the color used for any file that ends in
extension
. - .
extension
color-sequence
-
Same as
*
.extension
. Specifies the color used for any file that ends in .extension
. Note that the period is included in the extension, which makes it impossible to specify an extension not starting with a period, such as~
foremacs
backup files. This form should be considered obsolete.
ISO 6429 (ANSI) color sequences
Most color-capable ASCII terminals today use ISO 6429
(ANSI) color sequences, and many common terminals without
color capability, including xterm
and the widely used
and cloned DEC VT100, will recognize ISO 6429 color codes
and harmlessly eliminate them from the output or emulate
them. ls uses
ISO 6429 codes by default, assuming colorization is
enabled.
ISO 6429 color sequences are composed of sequences of numbers separated by semicolons. The most common codes are:
0 to restore default color 1 for brighter colors 4 for underlined text 5 for flashing text 30 for black foreground 31 for red foreground 32 for green foreground 33 for yellow (or brown) foreground 34 for blue foreground 35 for purple foreground 36 for cyan foreground 37 for white (or gray) foreground 40 for black background 41 for red background 42 for green background 43 for yellow (or brown) background 44 for blue background 45 for purple background 46 for cyan background 47 for white (or gray) background
Not all commands will work on all systems or display devices.
ls uses the following defaults:
NORMAL | 0 | Normal (nonfilename) text |
FILE | 0 | Regular file |
DIR | 32 | Directory |
LINK | 36 | Symbolic link |
ORPHAN | undefined | Orphaned symbolic link |
MISSING | undefined | Missing file |
FIFO | 31 | Named pipe (FIFO) |
SOCK | 33 | Socket |
BLK | 44;37 | Block device |
CHR | 44;37 | Character device |
EXEC | 35 | Executable file |
A few terminal programs do not recognize the default
properly. If all text gets colorized after you do a
directory listing, change the NORMAL
and FILE
codes to the numerical codes for
your normal foreground and background colors.
Other terminal types (advanced configuration)
If you have a color-capable (or otherwise highlighting)
terminal (or printer!) which uses a different set of codes,
you can still generate a suitable setup. To do so, you will
have to use the LEFTCODE
,
RIGHTCODE
, and ENDCODE
definitions.
When writing out a filename, ls generates the
following output sequence: LEFTCODE
typecode
RIGHTCODE
filename
ENDCODE
, where the typecode
is the color
sequence that depends on the type or name of file. If the
ENDCODE
is undefined, the
sequence LEFTCODE NORMAL
RIGHTCODE will be used instead. The purpose of
the left- and rightcodes is merely to reduce the amount of
typing necessary (and to hide ugly escape codes away from
the user). If they are not appropriate for your terminal,
you can eliminate them by specifying the respective keyword
on a line by itself.
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Escape sequences
To specify control- or blank characters in the color
sequences or filename extensions, either C-style -escaped
notation or stty
−style
^-notation can be used. The C-style notation includes the
following characters:
a Bell (ASCII 7) Backspace (ASCII 8) e Escape (ASCII 27) f Form feed (ASCII 12) Newline (ASCII 10) Carriage Return (ASCII 13) Tab (ASCII 9) v Vertical Tab (ASCII 11) ? Delete (ASCII 127) nnn
Any character (octal notation) x nnn
Any character (hexadecimal notation) \_ Space \ Backslash () ^ Caret (^) # Hash mark (#)
Note that escapes are necessary to enter a space, backslash, caret, or any control character anywhere in the string, as well as a hash mark as the first character.
FILES
/etc/DIR_COLORS
-
System-wide configuration file.
~/.dir_colors
-
Per-user configuration file.
This page describes the dir_colors
file format as
used in the fileutils-4.1 package; other versions may differ
slightly.
NOTES
The default LEFTCODE
and
RIGHTCODE
definitions, which
are used by ISO 6429 terminals are:
LEFTCODE e[ RIGHTCODE m
The default ENDCODE
is
undefined.
COLOPHON
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