How can I configure Mac Terminal to have color ls output?

How can I configure Mac Terminal to have color ls output? I am using MacOS 10.5

Edit:

~/.bash_profile

~/.profile

and add the following line to simply enable color output via ls:

export CLICOLOR=1

To customize the coloring shown by ls you can optionally add this variable, LSCOLORS.

Default
```
export LSCOLORS=ExFxCxDxBxegedabagacad
```
You can use this if you are using a black background
```
export LSCOLORS=gxBxhxDxfxhxhxhxhxcxcx
```
If you'd like to mimic the colors of a typical Linux terminal:
```
export LSCOLORS=ExGxBxDxCxEgEdxbxgxcxd
```

Once you've add the above to either ~/.bash_profile or ~/.profile you can either logout/login or source the file in your shell, for eg:

$ . ~/.bash_profile

NOTE: If you need help in selecting colors to use you can use this online tool called LSCOLORS Generator.

You can add

alias ls='ls -G'

to your ~/.bash_profile to get colored ls output.

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