Re: ls output with color?

[Scrap Happy <Scrap%GMX.com@localhost>]

On 5/13/2012 2:48 PM, Michael Jensen wrote:
> On Sun, 13 May 2012, Andy Kosela wrote:
> > On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 9:42 PM, Ron Swiernik <ronswier%coat.com@localhost> 
> > wrote:
> > > Not to start a flame war, but I really don't like the color ls that
> > > linux
> > > does. Just putting in a users vote way before someone says that it
> > > should
> > > become the default...
> > >
> > > ls -F works very well for me...hate blinky items in something I am
> > > trying
> > > to read
> >
> > Definetly +1 to that. The first thing i do on my RHEL's is to disable
> > colors. Plus when you still deal a lot with monochrome displays, the
> > colors won't help you anyway. I just love *BSD's are keeping it
> > simple with very sane defaults.
>
> Another +1 to that. I hate ANSI colours in any standard command. Keep it
> simple.

I'll qualify that with my use of colors to identify individual
"virtual consoles".  Makes it easier to remember things like
"I was editing the disklabel in the RED console..."