Can I get syntax highlighting in the Terminal?

[Kalixa]

I remember using syntax highlighting in the Terminal when I was on Linux. But I have never had it on my mac, and it's starting to annoy me. For example, folders would be another color than text files. Can someone tell me how to enable this?

 

[deboni]

coloring is available in TCSH

Check the tcsh man page for details; a quick perusal and search found me the shell variable "color" and the environment variable "LS_COLORS". I'm not sure how to use them or what their differences are, but both seem to work.

For syntax coloring, do ":syntax on" in VIM.

Tom

 

[Kalixa]

Check the tcsh man page for details; a quick perusal and search found me the shell variable "color" and the environment variable "LS_COLORS". I'm not sure how to use them or what their differences are, but both seem to work.

For syntax coloring, do ":syntax on" in VIM.

Tom

Doesn't Terminal use bash?

Thanks for the tip about VI, but I only need it in the Terminal.

 

[pokrface]

Add alias ls='ls -G' to .bash_profile.

 

[Kalixa]

Add alias ls='ls -G' to .bash_profile.

Where is the .bash_profile file located? I tried looking in my home folder, and it wasn't there.

 

[rhowell]

You should add

export CLICOLOR=cons25

to ~/.profile (create that file if it doesn't exist) You will need to close that terminal session and reopen it, or just source the .profile file to reload it

macuser:~$ . .profile

 

[Cromulent]

Where is the .bash_profile file located? I tried looking in my home folder, and it wasn't there.

In your home directory. /home/*username*

Use ls -lsa to see hidden files and display the results in a pleasing manner 🙂.

 

[krimb1]

Add alias ls='ls -G' to .bash_profile.

Thanks, this was just what I was looking for!