Originally posted by: estuart

We using bash on our AIX 5L servers and would like to get the color output for the ls command. The /etc/bashrc file does not have references to color. How do we get the color enables for ls in bash on AIX?
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

> We are using bash on our AIX 5L servers and would like to
> get [] color output for the ls command. The
> /etc/bashrc file does not have any references to color.
> How do we get the color enabled for ls in bash on
> [] AIX?

A few concepts should help.

bash is a shell.
A shell is an executable that interprets commands from a
file (such as an interactive console) and accordingly
passes executable files, parameters, and environment
to system calls for execution.
As such bash understands nothing about the color, font, ...
of any other executable.
(Shells merely record and convey information which
often includes the configuration data for other executables.)

ls(1) support color terminal output,
with the --color option.
See ls(1) for details.
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Originally posted by: dukessd

Check this out:
http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=6627

I don't think AIX native terminals can do it but if you use a terminal emulator like Putty you stand a chance.

I've never tried it because I don't have a problem spotting directories, etc. due to the d, etc. at the beginning of the line, which I think is always a dead give away, but please let us know how you get on.
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