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.TH DIRCOLORS "1" "April 2026" "GNU coreutils 9.11" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
dircolors \- color setup for ls
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dircolors
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... [\fI\,FILE\/\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Output commands to set the LS_COLORS environment variable.
.SS "Determine format of output:"
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#dircolors-b'\fB\-b, \-\-sh, \-\-bourne\-shell\fP\X'tty: link'
output Bourne shell code to set LS_COLORS
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#dircolors-c'\fB\-c, \-\-csh, \-\-c\-shell\fP\X'tty: link'
output C shell code to set LS_COLORS
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#dircolors-p'\fB\-p, \-\-print\-database\fP\X'tty: link'
output defaults
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#dircolors--print-ls-colors'\fB\-\-print\-ls\-colors\fP\X'tty: link'
output fully escaped colors for display
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dircolors#dircolors--help'\fB\-\-help\fP\X'tty: link'
display this help and exit
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dircolors#dircolors--version'\fB\-\-version\fP\X'tty: link'
output version information and exit
.PP
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 \fB\-\-print\-database\fR'.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by H. Peter Anvin.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to: bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
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.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dircolors>
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or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) dircolors invocation\(aq