Wed 4 Oct 2006
You can get a colour display of directory listings by adding the options –color=tty to the command. If you want to make this permanent, then just add an alias to your start up file.
Adding the option -F and will add a single character to the end of the file name.
| File Type | Symbol | Colour |
|---|---|---|
| Directory | / | Dark Blue |
| File, Hard Link | None | White |
| Symbolic Link | @ | Light Blue (Cyan) |
| Executable | * | Bright Green |
| FIFO file (Named Pipe) | | | Sage |
| Block Device | None | Orange |
| Character Device | None | Orange |
| Socket File | = | Cerise |
| Orphaned Link | x | Unknown |
| Broken Link | x | Unknown |
| Whiteout File | % | Unknown |
