DIR_COLORS customization

linux, ls, unix

Solution

There's no way to do it using `dircolors`, unfortunately. One way to cope with single files like `Makefile` or `Kconfig` is to use:

*Makefile 00;36

Unfortunately, this colors everything which ends with `Makefile`, not just `Makefile`. Coloring files which start with a particular prefix is probably impossible.

Problem

I am customizing my DIR_COLORS (~/.dir_colors) to colorize ls on my terminal. I get how to change colors of files whose names ends in a known extension: ``` .cpp 0;34 ``` But I would like to set colors for files with a fixed name like `Makefile` and `Kconfig`, and I would also like to change colors of files that begins with a dot (like `.config`), or some other pattern. Is this possible?

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