On Oct 7, 2009, at 14:38, Scott Haneda wrote: > Was your use of CLICOLOR_FORCE=X meant literally, or should I use > boolean? I have used boolean in the past, and the man page for ls > does not state what 'X" does, though it does work. Perhaps it doesn't look at what value CLICOLOR_FORCE is set to, only that it is set at all.