#Backup your dircolors file : dircolors -p > ~/.dircolorsrc #Change the color .dircolorsrc : nano .dircolorsrc #If you want to change the directory color to yellow, find DIR 01,34 and change it : DIR 01;33 # directory #Change the .bashrc values : eval “`dircolors -b ~/.dircolorsrc`” export LS_OPTIONS=’–color=auto’ Enjoy!