motleytech/ls_colors.md

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ls colors and shortcuts

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If you are missing colors in the terminal / console, (and the 'l' shortcut command) here is how to fix that.

Open your ~/.bashrc file in an editor

vim ~/.bashrc

and add the following at the bottom

alias ls='ls --color'
alias ll='ls -alF --color'
alias l='ll'

This adds 3 aliases. It makes ls display colors by default and also defines useful shortcuts - ll and l.

Save the file (in vim, press escape, followed by :wq and press enter).

In the terminal, run source ~/.bashrc to apply the changes.

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