OS X Terminal Colors [closed]

Question

I'm new to OS X, having just gotten a Mac after working with Ubuntu Linux for some time. Among the many things I'm trying to figure out is the absence of colors in my terminal window - like the ones that are shown (on Linux) when running ls -la or git status...

I just can't figure out how to activate colors in my shell.

Answer 1

If you want to have your ls colorized you have to edit your ~/.bash_profile file and add the following line (if not already written) :

source .bashrc

Then you edit or create ~/.bashrc file and write an alias to the ls command :

alias ls="ls -G"

Now you have to type source .bashrc in a terminal if already launched, or simply open a new terminal.

If you want more options in your ls juste read the manual ( man ls ). Options are not exactly the same as in a GNU/Linux system.