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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

       --print-ls-colors
              output fully escaped colors for display

       --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 ex‐
       tensions.  Otherwise, a precompiled database is used.  For details on  the  format  of  these
       files, run 'dircolors --print-database'.

AUTHOR
       Written by H. Peter Anvin.

REPORTING BUGS
       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  ©  2023 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/dircolors>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) dircolors invocation'

GNU coreutils 9.4                           January 2026                                DIRCOLORS(1)