User Commands					     DIRCOLORS(1)



NAME
     dircolors - color setup for ls

SYNOPSIS
     dircolors [OPTION]... [FILE]

DESCRIPTION
     Output commands to	set the	LS_COLORS environment variable.

  Determine format of output:
     -b, --sh, --bourne-shell
	  output Bourne	shell code to set LS_COLORS

     -c, --csh,	--c-shell
	  output C shell code to set LS_COLORS

     -p, --print-database
	  output defaults

     --help
	  display this help and	exit

     --version
	  output version information and exit

     If	FILE is	specified, read	it to determine	which  colors  to
     use  for  which  file  types  and	extensions.  Otherwise,	a
     precompiled database is used.  For	details	on the format  of
     these files, run `dircolors --print-database'.

AUTHOR
     Written by	H. Peter Anvin.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report dircolors bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
     GNU	     coreutils		   home		    page:
     <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
     General	    help	using	     GNU	software:
     <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2009 Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.	  License
     GPLv3+:	  GNU	   GPL	   version     3     or	    later
     <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
     This is free software: you	are free to change and	redistri-
     bute  it.	 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
     law.

SEE ALSO
     The full documentation for	dircolors is maintained	as a Tex-
     info  manual.   If	the info and dircolors programs	are prop-
     erly installed at your site, the command



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