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DIRCOLORS(1)                  User Commands                  DIRCOLORS(1)

NAME
       dircolors - color setup for ls

SYNOPSIS
       dircolors [OPTION]... [FILE]

DESCRIPTION
       Output commands to set the LS_COLORS environment variable.

   Determine format of output:
       -b, --sh, --bourne-shell
              output Bourne shell code to set LS_COLORS

       -c, --csh, --c-shell
              output C shell code to set LS_COLORS

       -p, --print-database
              output defaults

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       If FILE is specified, read it to determine which colors to use for
       which file types and extensions.  Otherwise, a  precompiled  data‐
       base is used.  For details on the format of these files, run 'dir‐
       colors --print-database'.

AUTHOR
       Written by H. Peter Anvin.

REPORTING BUGS
       GNU  coreutils  online  help:  <https://www.gnu.org/software/core‐
       utils/>
       Report    any   translation   bugs   to   <https://translationpro‐
       ject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.   License  GPLv3+:
       GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dircol‐
       ors>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) dircolors invocation'

GNU coreutils 8.32              April 2020                   DIRCOLORS(1)