LSCOLORS The value of this variable describes what color to use
for which attribute when colors are enabled with
CLICOLOR. This string is a concatenation of pairs of the
format fb, where f is the foreground color and b is the
background color.

The color designators are as follows:

a black
b red
c green
d brown
e blue
f magenta
g cyan
h light grey
A bold black, usually shows up as dark grey
B bold red
C bold green
D bold brown, usually shows up as yellow
E bold blue
F bold magenta
G bold cyan
H bold light grey; looks like bright white
x default foreground or background

Note that the above are standard ANSI colors. The actual
display may differ depending on the color capabilities of
the terminal in use.

The order of the attributes are as follows:

1. directory
2. symbolic link
3. socket
4. pipe
5. executable
6. block special
7. character special
8. executable with setuid bit set
9. executable with setgid bit set
10. directory writable to others, with sticky bit
11. directory writable to others, without sticky
bit

The default is “exfxcxdxbxegedabagacad”, i.e., blue fore-
ground and default background for regular directories,
black foreground and red background for setuid executa-
bles, etc.

First of all KILLER.. thank you for posting this. I also am a recent mac switchee (coming from a thinkpad which i was in love with the last 4 years)..

Alas.. the quest for true technology innovation led me here and Im never looking back…im sorry but a magnetic power adapter connector (im using a macbook pro) is just killer

anyway,,, if this helps anyone.. here is what I did based on the above:

1. cd ~
2. ln -fs .bash_profile .bashrc
3. vi .bashrc
4. Paste the following to the bottom of the file:

export LS_OPTIONS=’–color=auto’
export CLICOLOR=’Yes’
export LSCOLORS=’Bxgxfxfxcxdxdxhbadbxbx’

5. Logout, log back in.. COLORIZATIOOOOOOON!

thanks again all!
cheers
-theRoadhog

Thanks
Joe Ryan

-bash: export: `=’: not a valid identifier
-bash: export: `–color=auto’: not a valid identifier
-bash: export: `=’: not a valid identifier
-bash: export: `=’: not a valid identifier

Thank you for this!