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I wanted to make custom colors for the ls command with zsh, but I find that all the previous answers to this do not work for me.

I tried all these options:

Option 1)

#LS_COLORS='no=00;37:fi=00:di=00;33:ln=04;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:bd=40;33;01:' #export LS_COLORS #zstyle ':completion:*' list-colors ${(s.:.)LS_COLORS}

Option 2)

#LS_COLORS='di=1:fi=96:*.m=31:*.py=32:*.txt=36:*.out=35' #export LS_COLORS #zstyle ':completion:*' list-colors ${(s.:.)LS_COLORS}

Option 3)

#zstyle ':completiom:*' list-colors 'di=1:fi=96:*.m=31:*.py=32:*.txt=36:*.out=35'

Option 4)

#zstyle ':completion:*' list-colors 'di=34:ln=35:so=32:pi=33:ex=31:bd=46;34:cd=43;34:su=41;30:sg=46;30:tw=42;30:ow=43;30'

but all result of the ls command are displayed as if no color option was turned on.

The only thing that seems to work to change the colors at all is this:

unset LSCOLORS export CLICOLOR=1 export CLICOLOR_FORCE=1

which I found from another answer somewhere that I can't find. However, what I want is to use my own custom colors indicated by:

#LS_COLORS='di=1:fi=96:*.m=31:*.py=32:*.txt=36:*.out=35'

Appendix

  • For completness I also saw someone suggest to use gls but I had issues brew installing it so I gave up on that. Sorry can't find the link to that anymore.

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I wanted to make custom colors for the ls command with zsh, but I find that all the previous answers to this do not work for me.

I tried all these options:

Option 1)

#LS_COLORS='no=00;37:fi=00:di=00;33:ln=04;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:bd=40;33;01:' #export LS_COLORS #zstyle ':completion:*' list-colors ${(s.:.)LS_COLORS}

Option 2)

#LS_COLORS='di=1:fi=96:*.m=31:*.py=32:*.txt=36:*.out=35' #export LS_COLORS #zstyle ':completion:*' list-colors ${(s.:.)LS_COLORS}

Option 3)

#zstyle ':completiom:*' list-colors 'di=1:fi=96:*.m=31:*.py=32:*.txt=36:*.out=35'

Option 4)

#zstyle ':completion:*' list-colors 'di=34:ln=35:so=32:pi=33:ex=31:bd=46;34:cd=43;34:su=41;30:sg=46;30:tw=42;30:ow=43;30'

but all result of the ls command are displayed as if no color option was turned on.

The only thing that seems to work to change the colors at all is this:

unset LSCOLORS export CLICOLOR=1 export CLICOLOR_FORCE=1

which I found from another answer somewhere that I can't find. However, what I want is to use my own custom colors indicated by:

#LS_COLORS='di=1:fi=96:*.m=31:*.py=32:*.txt=36:*.out=35'

Appendix

  • For completness I also saw someone suggest to use gls but I had issues brew installing it so I gave up on that. Sorry can't find the link to that anymore.

Cross posted:

I wanted to make custom colors for the ls command with zsh, but I find that all the previous answers to this do not work for me.

I tried all these options:

Option 1)

#LS_COLORS='no=00;37:fi=00:di=00;33:ln=04;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:bd=40;33;01:' #export LS_COLORS #zstyle ':completion:*' list-colors ${(s.:.)LS_COLORS}

Option 2)

#LS_COLORS='di=1:fi=96:*.m=31:*.py=32:*.txt=36:*.out=35' #export LS_COLORS #zstyle ':completion:*' list-colors ${(s.:.)LS_COLORS}

Option 3)

#zstyle ':completiom:*' list-colors 'di=1:fi=96:*.m=31:*.py=32:*.txt=36:*.out=35'

Option 4)

#zstyle ':completion:*' list-colors 'di=34:ln=35:so=32:pi=33:ex=31:bd=46;34:cd=43;34:su=41;30:sg=46;30:tw=42;30:ow=43;30'

but all result of the ls command are displayed as if no color option was turned on.

The only thing that seems to work to change the colors at all is this:

unset LSCOLORS export CLICOLOR=1 export CLICOLOR_FORCE=1

which I found from another answer somewhere that I can't find. However, what I want is to use my own custom colors indicated by:

#LS_COLORS='di=1:fi=96:*.m=31:*.py=32:*.txt=36:*.out=35'

Appendix

  • For completness I also saw someone suggest to use gls but I had issues brew installing it so I gave up on that. Sorry can't find the link to that anymore.

Cross posted:

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How does one have custom LS_COLOR work for ZSH?

I wanted to make custom colors for the ls command with zsh, but I find that all the previous answers to this do not work for me.

I tried all these options:

Option 1)

#LS_COLORS='no=00;37:fi=00:di=00;33:ln=04;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:bd=40;33;01:' #export LS_COLORS #zstyle ':completion:*' list-colors ${(s.:.)LS_COLORS}

Option 2)

#LS_COLORS='di=1:fi=96:*.m=31:*.py=32:*.txt=36:*.out=35' #export LS_COLORS #zstyle ':completion:*' list-colors ${(s.:.)LS_COLORS}

Option 3)

#zstyle ':completiom:*' list-colors 'di=1:fi=96:*.m=31:*.py=32:*.txt=36:*.out=35'

Option 4)

#zstyle ':completion:*' list-colors 'di=34:ln=35:so=32:pi=33:ex=31:bd=46;34:cd=43;34:su=41;30:sg=46;30:tw=42;30:ow=43;30'

but all result of the ls command are displayed as if no color option was turned on.

The only thing that seems to work to change the colors at all is this:

unset LSCOLORS export CLICOLOR=1 export CLICOLOR_FORCE=1

which I found from another answer somewhere that I can't find. However, what I want is to use my own custom colors indicated by:

#LS_COLORS='di=1:fi=96:*.m=31:*.py=32:*.txt=36:*.out=35'

Appendix

  • For completness I also saw someone suggest to use gls but I had issues brew installing it so I gave up on that. Sorry can't find the link to that anymore.

Cross posted: