Subject: Re: NETBSD vs. Linux 'ls' command
To: None <Chris_G_Demetriou@niagara.nectar.cs.cmu.edu>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 02/02/1996 12:36:04
Chris_G_Demetriou@NIAGARA.NECTAR.CS.CMU.EDU writes:
> > Linix has a nice feature such that when using the 'ls' command directorys, 
> > links, etc. show up in different colors. Does BSD support that feature.
> 
> No, nor should it.
> 
> > Its nice 
> > to be able to tell what something is at a glance!
> 
> man ls, note what -F does, then use alias.

Indeed, it is very easy to use a filter to "colorize" output from any
program you like and use aliases to do it whenever you hit
"ls". Anything else wouldn't be Unix.

Perry