LSCOLORS & LS_COLORS

LS_COLORS.md

Color Configuration for ls (LS_COLORS)

TLDR: lscolors generator tool: [http://geoff.greer.fm/lscolors/]

LSCOLORS

The value of this variable describes what color to use for which attribute when colors are enabled with CLICOLOR. This string is a concatenation of pairs of the format fb, where f is the foreground color and b is the background color.

The color designators are as follows:

Code	Description
a	black
b	red
c	green
d	brown
e	blue
f	magenta
g	cyan
h	light grey
A	bold black, usually shows up as dark grey
B	bold red
C	bold green
D	bold brown, usually shows up as yellow
E	bold blue
F	bold magenta
G	bold cyan
H	bold light grey; looks like bright white
x	default foreground or background

Note that the above are standard ANSI colors. The actual display may differ depending on the color capabilities of the terminal in use.

The order of the attributes are as follows:

1. directory
2. symbolic link
3. socket
4. pipe
5. executable
6. block special
7. character special
8. executable with setuid bit set
9. executable with setgid bit set
10. directory writable to others, with sticky bit
11. directory writable to others, without sticky bit

The default is exfxcxdxbxegedabagacad, i.e. blue foreground and default background for regular directories, black foreground and red background for setuid executables, etc.

LS_COLORS

LS_COLORS='di=1:fi=0:ln=31:pi=5:so=5:bd=5:cd=5:or=31'

Parameters for LS_COLORS (di, fi, ...) refer to different file types:

Code	Description
no	No color code at all
fi	Regular file: use no color at all
rs	Reset to "normal" color
di	Directory
ln	Symbolic Link
mh	MULTIHARDLINK - regular file with more than one link
pi	Named pipe, Fifo file
so	Socket file
do	Door file
bd	Block device driver, (buffered) special file
cd	Character device driver, (unbuffered) special file
or	Orphan symlink to nonexistent file, or non-stat'able file
mi	Non-existent file symlinked (visible when you type ls -l)
su	Normal file that is setuid (u+s)
sg	Normal file that is setgid (g+s)
ca	File with capability (very expensive to lookup)
tw	Directory that is sticky and other-writable (+t,o+w)
ow	Directory that is other-writable (o+w) and not sticky
st	Directory with the sticky bit set (+t) and not other-writable
ex	File which is executable (ie. has x set in permissions)

Color Codes

Code	Description
0	Default Color
1	Bold
2	Dim
3	Italic
4	Underlined
5	Blinking Text
7	Reverse Text
8	Conceal Text (Hidden)
30	Black
31	Red
32	Green
33	Yellow
34	Blue
35	Magenta
36	Cyan
37	White/Grey
39	Default
40	Black Background
41	Red Background
42	Green Background
43	Yellow Background
44	Blue Background
45	Magenta Background
46	Cyan Background
47	White/Grey Background
49	Default Background
90	Black - High Intensity
91	Red - High Intensity
92	Green - High Intensity
93	Yellow - High Intensity
94	Blue - High Intensity
95	Magenta - High Intensity
96	Cyan - High Intensity
97	White/Grey - High Intensity
99	Default - High Intensity
100	Black Background - High Intensity
101	Red Background - High Intensity
102	Green Background - High Intensity
103	Yellow Background - High Intensity
104	Blue Background - High Intensity
105	Magenta Background - High Intensity
106	Cyan Background - High Intensity
107	White/Grey Background - High Intensity
109	Default Background - High Intensity

These codes can also be combined with one another:

di=5;34;43