Zsh

• File colours / red files

  • When you see file names listed in ls that are coloured red, this is (probably) because they are executables.

  • To find out what the colours mean:

    • Cmd: man ls

      • Scroll down to where LSCOLORS is explained

    • Cmd: echo $LSCOLORS

      • Tells you the current value of LSCOLORS

      • When I did this I got Gxfxcxdxbxegedabagacad

        • The important bit is bx in the 9^th and 10^th chars - we can see from man ls this means that executable files are coloured red.