Use colorized output with normal ls when GNU ls is not available.

[config/dotfiles.git] / zsh / rc

diff --git a/zsh/rc b/zsh/rc
index 618e7d1d9d9a2c72a0bb44e7b1272ca261f5c35e..b16a5ca5918138e40de74fc8a46d77b7d4aa7691 100644 (file)
--- a/zsh/rc
+++ b/zsh/rc
@@ -98,6 +98,17 @@ alias -g G='| grep'
 
 # Improved ls which displays the files in columns (-C), visualises directories,
 # links and other special files (-F) and pages everything through less (L).
+#
+# If available use GNU ls with colorized output. If it isn't available use
+# normal ls which needs CLICOLOR_FORCE so it displays colors when used with a
+# pager.
+ls --color &> /dev/null
+if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+    alias ls='ls --color'
+else
+    alias ls='CLICOLOR_FORCE=1 ls -G'
+fi
+# Main ls function.
 function ls() {
     command ls -C -F $* L
 }