tldr/pages/common/dircolors.md

dircolors

Output commands to set the LS_COLOR environment variable and style ls, dir, etc. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/dircolors-invocation.html.

• Output commands to set LS_COLOR using default colors:

dircolors

• Display each filetype with the color they would appear in ls:

dircolors --print-ls-colors

• Output commands to set LS_COLOR using colors from a file:

dircolors {{path/to/file}}

• Output commands for Bourne shell:

dircolors {{[-b|--bourne-shell]}}

• Output commands for C shell:

dircolors {{[-c|--c-shell]}}

• View the default colors for file types and extensions:

dircolors {{[-p|--print-database]}}