# # Make ls use colors and show indicators if we are on a system that supports that feature and writing to stdout. # # BSD, macOS and others support colors with ls -G. # GNU ls and FreeBSD ls takes --color=auto. Order of this test is important because ls also takes -G but it has a different meaning. # Solaris 11's ls command takes a --color flag. # Also test -F because we'll want to define this function even with an ls that can't do colors (like NetBSD). for opt in --color=auto -G --color -F if command ls $opt / >/dev/null 2>/dev/null function ls --description "List contents of directory" -V opt isatty stdout and set -a opt -F command ls $opt $argv end if [ $opt = --color=auto ] && ! set -qx LS_COLORS && set -l cmd (command -s {g,}dircolors)[1] set -l colorfile for file in ~/.dir_colors ~/.dircolors /etc/DIR_COLORS if test -f $file set colorfile $file break end end # Here we rely on the legacy behavior of `dircolors -c` producing output # suitable for csh in order to extract just the data we're interested in. set -gx LS_COLORS ($cmd -c $colorfile | string split ' ')[3] # The value should always be quoted but be conservative and check first. if string match -qr '^([\'"]).*\1$' -- $LS_COLORS set LS_COLORS (string match -r '^.(.*).$' $LS_COLORS)[2] end end break end end