colored console

[vers_iq]

at the buttom of /etc/profile

if [ -f /etc/colorls.sh ]; then
. /etc/colorls.sh
fi

create /etc/colorls.sh (whatever name u want and chmod +x it) and in /etc/colorls.sh

COLORS=/etc/DIR_COLORS
eval `dircolors --sh /etc/DIR_COLORS`
[ -f "$HOME/.dircolors" ] && eval `dircolors --sh $HOME/.dircolors` && COLORS=$HOME/.dircolors
[ -f "$HOME/.dir_colors" ] && eval `dircolors --sh $HOME/.dir_colors` && COLORS=$HOME/.dir_colors

if echo $SHELL |grep bash 2>&1 >/dev/null; then
if ! egrep -qi "^COLOR.*none" $COLORS &>/dev/null; then
alias ll='ls -l --color=tty'
alias l.='ls -d .[a-zA-Z]* --color=tty'
alias ls='ls -a --color=tty'
else
alias ll='ls -l'
alias l.='ls -d .[a-zA-Z]*'
fi
fi

or whatever more options u want, and create ~/.dir_colors

COLOR tty

OPTIONS -F

TERM linux
TERM console
TERM con132x25
TERM con132x30
TERM con132x43
TERM con132x60
TERM con80x25
TERM con80x28
TERM con80x30
TERM con80x43
TERM con80x50
TERM con80x60
TERM cons25
TERM xterm
TERM rxvt
TERM xterm-color
TERM color-xterm
TERM vt100
TERM dtterm
TERM color_xterm

EIGHTBIT 1

# 00=none 01=bold 04=underscore 05=blink 07=reverse 08=concealed
# Text color codes:
# 30=black 31=red 32=green 33=yellow 34=blue 35=magenta 36=cyan 37=white
# Background color codes:
# 40=black 41=red 42=green 43=yellow 44=blue 45=magenta 46=cyan 47=white
NORMAL 00 # global default, although everything should be something.
FILE 00 # normal file
DIR 34 # directory
LINK 36 # symbolic link
FIFO 33 # pipe
SOCK 35 # socket
BLK 01;33 # block device driver
CHR 01;33 # character device driver
ORPHAN 04;05;37;41 # orphaned syminks
MISSING 04;05;37;41 # ... and the files they point to

# This is for files with execute permission:
EXEC 32

# executables (bright green)
.cmd 32
.exe 32
.com 32
.btm 32
.bat 32
.sh 32
.csh 32

# archives or compressed (bright red)
.tar 01;31
.tgz 01;31
.arj 01;31
.taz 01;31
.lzh 01;31
.zip 01;31
.z 01;31
.Z 01;31
.gz 01;31
.bz2 01;31
.tbz2 01;31
.bz 01;31
.tz 01;31
.rpm 01;31
.cpio 01;31
# image and media formats
.jpg 01;35
.gif 01;35
.bmp 01;35
.xbm 01;35
.xpm 01;35
.png 01;35
.tif 01;35
.mpeg 01;35
.avi 01;35

[Guest]

how do i make ls show colors always in bash. like ls --color

[proxy]

put the aliases in a file called ".bashrc" in your home directory (you can find examples in your .bash_profile (this is only run on interactive logins).

Personally, i think the aliases should be simply only in the .bashrc and have the .bash_profile execute that on interactive logins, that way you are always covered

[ElCondor]

take a peek at https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=866

* ElCondor pasa *
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Here I am the victim of my own choices and I'm just starting!

[BackSeat]

Should really be in ~/.bash_login

However, whichever file you put it in, put this:

[Guest]

ty. forgot about aliases.