"Avis, Ed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ls --color lists 'ordinary' files as white, for example
>
> % ls --color foo | od -t a
> 0000000 esc   [   0   m esc   [   0   m   f   o   o esc   [   0   m  nl
> 0000020 esc   [   m
> 0000023
>
> I think it would be better for plain files to not have any ANSI escape
> sequences around them, and for colouring to apply only to directories,
> *.gz and so on.  Unless the user has explicitly requested something for
> 'all other files' in his dircolors list.
>
> Shall I send a patch for this?
Please do.


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