Re: Default Flags for system commands

From: Dave Uhring (daveuhring_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 07/27/05


Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 02:27:44 -0500

On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 00:01:16 -0400, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:

> On 2005-07-27, Dave Uhring wrote:

>> Add the following line to your /home/bmearns/.bash_profile file:
>>
>> alias ls=ls --color -F
>
> bash: alias: --color: not found
> bash: alias: -F: not found
>
> I think you mean:
>
> alias ls='ls --color -F'

Heh! I should have copied from my own .bash_profile:

eval `dircolors --sh /etc/DIR_COLORS`

alias ls='ls --color=auto'