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HTML file of color codes for terminal
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terminalColors.html
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<h1>Setting terminal colors on Mac OS X</h1>
<code>
cd ~<br />
vim .bash_profile<br />
# If file existed already, add to bottom; otherwise file will be created from previous command.<br />
# Place following commands at end<br />
export CLICOLOR=1<br />
export LSCOLORS=ExFxBxDxCxegedabagacad
</code>
<dl>
<dt>CLICOLOR</dt>
<dd>[1|0]; Boolean indicating whether to use command line colors.</dd>
<dt>LSCOLORS</dt>
<dd>The value of this variable describes what color to use
for which attribute when colors are enabled with CLICOLOR.<br />
This string is a concatenation of pairs of the
format fb, where f is the foreground color and b is the
background color.</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt class="black">a</dt>
<dd class="black">black</dd>
<dt class="">b</dt>
<dd class="">red</dd>
<dt class="">c</dt>
<dd class="">green</dd>
<dt class="">d</dt>
<dd class="">brown</dd>
<dt class="">e</dt>
<dd class="">blue</dd>
<dt class="">f</dt>
<dd class="">magenta</dd>
<dt class="">g</dt>
<dd class="">cyan</dd>
<dt class="">h</dt>
<dd class="">light grey</dd>
<dt class="">A</dt>
<dd class="">bold black; usually shows as light grey</dd>
<dt class="">B</dt>
<dd class="">bold red</dd>
<dt class="">C</dt>
<dd class="">bold green</dd>
<dt class="">D</dt>
<dd class="">bold brown; usually shows as yellow</dd>
<dt class="">E</dt>
<dd class="">bold blue</dd>
<dt class="">F</dt>
<dd class="">bold magenta</dd>
<dt class="">G</dt>
<dd class="">bold cyan</dd>
<dt class="">H</dt>
<dd class="">bold light grey; usually shows as bright white</dd>
<dt class="">x</dt>
<dd class="">default [fore/back]ground</dd>
</dl>
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