innerout / ls-icons

ls command with files icons

Overview

This is a fork of coreutils with a modified ls that print icons

Dependencies

• clang
• icons-in-terminal

Installation

You need to install icons-in-terminal first.

• Once installed, you can run:

$ ./bootstrap
$ export CFLAGS=-DNO_TRUE_COLOURS=1 # Execute this line _only_ if your terminal doesn't support true colours
$ export CC=clang CXX=clang++
$ ./configure --prefix=/opt/coreutils
$ make
$ make install
$ /opt/coreutils/bin/ls

You can check if your terminal support true colours here.

Customization

• You can change colors in src/ls-icons.c.
• To add new icons with file extensions, modify the array file_matches in src/ls-icons.c. Pull requests are welcome