ls colors too dark on a black background terminal

[akonstam at trinity.edu]

On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 04:24:42PM -0500, Christopher J. Bottaro wrote:
> thanks for the reply, but...
> 
> Aaron Schlaegel wrote:
> > cp /etc/DIR_COLORS ~/.dircolors
> > 
> > This will make all terminals use the bright colors that stand out on a
> > dark background.
> 
> this didn't seem to do anything.  also, is there a way to make it use bright
> colors globally and not just per user?
> 
> thanks again.
Look at the contents of the file:
1. the files in /etc are the global ones.
2. There is documentation in the file of how to change the colors and
change their brightness.
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