[TriLUG] terminal LS output color

Reid Thompson via TriLUG trilug at trilug.org
Sun Jan 4 18:51:54 EST 2026


sorry  - full instructions here

https://www.google.com/search?q=LSCOLORS+linux&num=10&sca_esv=4c5078320ead45f3&rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS1188US1188&sxsrf=AE3TifNTwlwTL5G6bkIcFzsQ5ZP8m_ZUog%3A1767570077015&ei=nfpaaaZL_a3k2g_mutyBCw&ved=0ahUKEwjmjbnUh_ORAxX9FlkFHWYdN7AQ4dUDCBE&uact=5&oq=LSCOLORS+linux&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiDkxTQ09MT1JTIGxpbnV4MgcQABiABBgNMggQABgFGA0YHjIIEAAYCBgNGB4yCBAAGAgYDRgeMggQABgIGA0YHjIIEAAYCBgNGB4yCBAAGAgYDRgeMggQABgIGA0YHjIIEAAYCBgNGB4yCBAAGAgYDRgeSOoUUOwFWNYScAJ4AZABAJgBgAGgAYcHqgEDNC41uAEDyAEA-AEBmAILoAK8B8ICChAAGLADGNYEGEfCAgcQIxixAhgnwgIOEAAYgAQYkQIYsQMYigXCAgsQABiABBiRAhiKBcICBhAAGAcYHsICDBAAGIAEGLEDGAoYC8ICDxAAGIAEGLEDGIMBGAoYC8ICCxAAGIAEGIYDGIoFwgIIEAAYgAQYogTCAggQABiiBBiJBZgDAIgGAZAGCJIHAzUuNqAH3S6yBwMzLja4B7IHwgcFMC4zLjjIByaACAA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp

On Sun, Jan 4, 2026 at 6:47 PM Reid Thompson <jreidthompson at gmail.com>
wrote:

> dircolors -p > ~/.dircolors
>
> edit .dircolors
> search for  line beginning with DIR 01;34  and change the color code
> (01;34) to one you want.  You can scroll down the .dircolors file to see
> what codes present which colors
>
> On Sun, Jan 4, 2026 at 1:33 PM Ron Belcher via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
> wrote:
>
>> In my terminal screen, directory names are output from /ls/ in a dark
>> blue color.  Very difficult to read.
>>
>> What do I need to change in .dircolors to fix it?
>>
>> Engineer
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