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From: Brian Lintz <blintz@webpromote.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Color ls ? :)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 20:01:31 -0600
Organization: Superhighway Consulting, Inc
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To: peter hakanson <peter@cyklop.volvo.se>
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peter hakanson wrote:
>
> I think the xterm suppliedwith linux understands
> colors (ansi escape sequences to switch colors)
>
> I have tried to have the xterm supplied with bsdi
> to do any other coloring besides the possibility
> to set background/forground but i have not succeeded.
>
> You also need to add termcap entries to the correct
> escape sequences (once you got xterm to use colors)
>
> peter h
Well, the problem is -way- before that step ... the version of
ls I have on the bsdi machine, doesn't seem to have any support
for the color concept in the first place ... i dont think it
has much to do {yet} with how i'm connected to the machine ...
Is there a newer version of ls I can get/compile that would
support colors like linux's ls command does ?
> Brian Lintz (blintz@webpromote.com) wrote:
> : I've got a quick/curious question for anybody that's got an
> : answer handy ....
>
> : on my linux machine, ls produces color output ...
> : on bsdi, it doesn't.
>
> : I'd like to change that...
>
> : Ideas?
>
> : Brian
>
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