Displaying color in vI and VIM

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION

This article explains how you can use colors when listing folder and files with "ls" command

RESOLUTION

To use colors when listing folder and files with ls command..

1. Terminal emulators that can use colors: Xterm, gnome-terminal, etc. supports 256-color
2. Shell that recognizes color: BASH, TCSH & etc.

3. terminal environment settings of shell  for color recognition: TERM environment changes must be in xterm, ansi,  or other color recognizing terminal type. With the following command, you can check the terminal type and change.

   $ echo $TERM
   $ export TERM=xterm (or setenv TERM xterm)

4. Utility programs settings that supports color: for "ls --color=tty" option should be used. If alias is set, it is easier to work.Utility programs that supports color: ls, vim & etc.

   $alias ls="ls --color=tty"