[TriLUG] terminal LS output color

[Reid Thompson via TriLUG]

   1. Apply changes: After saving the changes to ~/.dircolors, apply them
   to your current shell session by running:
   bash

   eval "$(dircolors -b ~/.dircolors)"

   To make the changes permanent, ensure that your shell's configuration
   file (e.g., ~/.bashrc) contains a line similar to eval "$(dircolors
-b)" which
   is standard on most Linux distributions.


On Sun, Jan 4, 2026 at 6:51 PM Reid Thompson <jreidthompson at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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