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I am using Bash on WebFaction (web hosting) and would like to change my terminal to default to a different background color than black (probably white, but I’d like to play around with it). How do I do this?
I tried doing this:
cp /etc/DIR_COLORS ~/.dir_colors
(edit .dir_colors)
But I could only find the foreground and background colors for various directories and file types, not a global one. Where should I look?
Sorry, you don’t have to do it with Bash. Check your terminal emulator display properties.
Note: The shell (Bash in your case) can change the text and background color, but the property can be lost or changed by further ANSI color codes invocations.