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Re: [coreutils] ls manpage
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Bob Proulx |
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Re: [coreutils] ls manpage |
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Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:46:12 -0700 |
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Jan Girke wrote:
> can somebody deposit that info in the man page for ls
> {
> ls
> dir
> List the content of the current directory. The command dir is an alias
> to ls so this two commands do exactly the same thing.
But dir isn't the same thing as ls. Saying that it is the same thing
is incorrect. However it may be an alias in some environments outside
the control of coreutils. Probably in your ~/.bashrc file but
possibly elsehwere.
$ type dir
dir is /bin/dir
The info documentation says:
$ info coreutils 'dir invocation'
`dir' is equivalent to `ls -C -b'; that is, by default files are listed
in columns, sorted vertically, and special characters are represented
by backslash escape sequences.
> The file listing is normally color-coded: dark blue= directories,
> light grey = regular files, green = executable files, magenta =
> graphics files, red = compressed (zipped) files, light blue =
> symolic links, yellow = device files, brown = FIFO ("First-In
> First-Out" named pipes).
Of course that depends upon dircolors. I think your real question is,
"Where are the colors documented?" I don't use color output so I will
leave that to someone else to answer.
> sources:http://wwww.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4631782 >
That thread was posted on April 1st, the traditional April Fool's Day!
:-) So it is fitting that it is leading people astray.
$ info coreutils 'dircolors invocation'
$ dircolors --print-database
And you can set up your own custom colors.
> http://www.isid.ac.in/~statmath/resources/linux/Linux_commands.htm
That reference may be correct on a different platform. But it is
incorrect with respect to the GNU coreutils dir command. Better to
read the fine documentation included with the command.
Bob