gistfile1.txt

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# LS AND DIRCOLORS
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------

# we always pass these to ls(1)
LS_COMMON="-hBG"

# if the dircolors utility is available, set that up to
dircolors="$(type -P gdircolors dircolors | head -1)"
test -n "$dircolors" && {
    COLORS=/etc/DIR_COLORS
    test -e "/etc/DIR_COLORS.$TERM"   && COLORS="/etc/DIR_COLORS.$TERM"
    test -e "$HOME/.dircolors"        && COLORS="$HOME/.dircolors"
    test ! -e "$COLORS"               && COLORS=
    eval `$dircolors --sh $COLORS`
}
unset dircolors

# setup the main ls alias if we've established common args
test -n "$LS_COMMON" &&
alias ls="command ls $LS_COMMON"

# these use the ls aliases above
alias ll="ls -l"
alias l.="ls -d .*"