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I have selected white-on-black color scheme for Gnome-Terminal. But it keeps using green to display executable files and uses different colored background to display some directories. How can I enforce strict "white-on-black" for all items on the screen?

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  • Updated my answer – A.B. Sep 26 '15 at 9:11
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To temporary disable colors for ls use

\ls

or use

dir

For a permanent change you have to delete the alias for ls. In my case the alias is defined as

% alias ls
ls='ls --color=tty'

Therefore overwrite the alias in e.g. your .bashrc 

alias ls='ls --color=never'

The "sneaky way is ;)

  1. Open gnome-terminal

  2. Edit your profile settings via

    Edit > Profile Preferences

  3. Open the tab Colors

  4. Customize your colors

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  • That's sneaky. :D – muru Sep 25 '15 at 17:08
  • @muru: why "sneaky"? – Fabby Sep 25 '15 at 23:36
  • @Fabby if my ls isn't colouring output, I'd be looking at options for ls, not the terminal palette. – muru Sep 26 '15 at 4:14
  • @muru omg he means ls o_O – A.B. Sep 26 '15 at 6:30
  • @muru: :D :D :D I didn't spot that either! Good one! – Fabby Sep 26 '15 at 7:17

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