Changing color of folders, files, execs on iTerm2

You can use the G option of ls, which takes its colours from LSCOLORS. To always use the G option with ls, add an alias to a sourced file.

alias ls="ls -G"

Iterm2

  1. Profiles > Open Profiles > Edit Profiles... > Profiles
  2. Select "Colors" (it's the next tab)
  3. Modify Bright Cyan under ANSI Colors and choose a darker color e.g 000fff this is a darker blue.

screenshot-profile-colors

Resulting in a much easier to read "dark" experience:

screenshot-ls

Please note you could instead change directories to map to blue rather than Cyan but this is easier.