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From: tporczyk@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk)
Subject: Re: Is replacing /bin/sh with bash recommended?
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Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 18:46:10 GMT
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mday@elbereth.org (Matt Day) writes:

> I think that most people will agree that it is easier to tell if the
> output of ls contained any green text than if the output contained any
> files with a "*" following them (ala ls -F).

For people who prefer to write on greyscale monitors, colorized ls is an
absolute pain the ass.  

t.
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