DIRCOLORS(1)			  User Commands			    DIRCOLORS(1)

NAME
     dircolors - color setup for ls

SYNOPSIS
     dircolors [OPTION]... [FILE]

DESCRIPTION
     Output commands to set the LS_COLORS environment variable.

   Determine format of output:
     -b, --sh, --bourne-shell
	    output Bourne shell code to set LS_COLORS

     -c, --csh, --c-shell
	    output C shell code to set LS_COLORS

     -p, --print-database
	    output defaults

     --print-ls-colors
	    output fully escaped colors for display

     --help
	    display this help and exit

     --version
	    output version information and exit

     If	 FILE  is  specified, read it to determine which colors to use for which
     file types and extensions.	 Otherwise, a precompiled database is used.  For
     details on the format of these files, run 'dircolors --print-database'.

AUTHOR
     Written by H. Peter Anvin.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
     GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
     General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
     Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.	License GPLv3+: GNU  GPL
     version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
     This  is  free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There
     is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
     Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dircolors>
     or available locally via: info '(coreutils) dircolors invocation'

GNU coreutils 9.11		   April 2026			    DIRCOLORS(1)