coreutils ls color (was: another question...)
Ryan Schmidt
ryandesign at macports.org
Mon May 9 05:22:42 PDT 2011
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On May 9, 2011, at 07:11, Rodolfo Aramayo wrote:
> Ryan Schmidt wrote:
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>> You're sure you don't need to specify "--color" as well? That seems to work for me.
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> Before, after installing coreutils, I did not specify the " export PATH=/opt/local/libexec/gnubin:$PATH" path. I had created a series of aliases to force Bash to use some of the the gnu stuff. Color was there, because color comes standard with the Apple installation.
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> But it looks to me that by specifying this gnubin path not only we lost color by default but also we lost a column specifying "Group" as well
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> It would be nice if you could share the way you activate color in your .profile file
I do not use coreutils' gls nor do I use colored listings (except in response to your email, to verify that "--color" worked) so I don't know how to help you, beyond suggesting that you read the gls manpage for ideas.
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