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Bash terminal: change color of directories #

Change the color of directories in bash:

1. If you don't already have an /etc/DIR_COLORS file, create one: $ sudo dircolors -p > /etc/DIR_COLORS
   (See Configuring LS_COLORS for information on multi-user options)
2. Open /etc/DIR_COLORS in a text editor and change DIR 01;34 to DIR 01;33 to change the default blue to yellow. More color codes.
3. In ~/.bashrc, change eval "`dircolors -b`" to eval "$(dircolors /etc/DIR_COLORS)"
4. Reload .bashrc to see the result: $ source ~/.bashrc

Change the bash prompt's current working directory path color:

1. In ~/.bashrc, comment out every line between:
   # set a fancy prompt (non-color, unless we know we "want" color)
   and:
   # Comment in the above and uncomment this below for a color prompt
2. Uncomment the next line and change 01;34m to 01;33m. It should look something like this:
   PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;33m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
3. Reload .bashrc to see the result: $ source ~/.bashrc

Sources:

• No /etc/DIR_COLORS file
• My what a pretty prompt! The colours, they are colourful!
• Configuring LS_COLORS
• Changing terminal colors in Ubuntu Server
• dircolors: modify color settings globally
• Changing colors for user, host, directory information in terminal command prompt
• dir_colors(5) - Linux man page
• How do I reload .bashrc without logging out and back in?

/nix | Sep 28, 2014

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