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iTerm2 - color 'ls' and other outputs for MacOS
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iTerm2 - color 'ls' and other outputs for MacOS

That's right. For OS X and BSD's ls, the flag is -G. Many people customize the behavior of ls by replacing it with an alias that adds extra options. I have the following in my .bashrc, for example:

alias ls='LSCOLORS=gxfxcxdxbxexexabagacad /bin/ls -bFHGLOPW'

Besides enabling colors in general, this sets the LSCOLORS variable in order to change which ones ls uses.

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jmyrick-us commented Apr 20, 2024

Thanks!

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