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Changing Linux Terminal Highlighting for File Types

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Alter colors for file types in linux terminal

The blue on green highlighting that results in a default debian color scheme when it is displaying VirtualBox Shared folders is hard to read.

To change it you need to create a new .dircolors file in ~/ by using dircolors -p > ~./dircolors.

Then edit the color specifications for OTHER_WRITEABLE (non-sticky) to something more suitable.

The man page says a ~/.dir_colors file will be recognized and used but the cruchbang (and maybe debian) .bashrc looks for a ~/.dircolors file intead. Change the color file name or edit the .bashrc to make it work.

I use a white text with a blue background for the directories, which looks like

OTHER_WRITEABLE 37;44

source .bashrc when you’re done editing.

Explanation at Ask Ubuntu
Debian User Forum Example
dircolors man page