Which distro are you using?  ubuntu has the &quot;dircolors&quot; command that will output your color settings, and then you override them by setting LS_COLORS in your .bash_profile (or .bashrc in some cases).<div><br></div>
<div>Redhat derivatives have /etc/DIR_COLORS that you can copy to ~/.dir_colors and let you set them there.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 3:57 PM,  <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:joe@actionline.com" target="_blank">joe@actionline.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">How can I change the default colors for listing files from the command line?<br>
The lime green against my terminal beige background is very hard to see.<br>
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Example here: <a href="http://www.upquick.com/temp/listcolors.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.upquick.com/temp/listcolors.jpg</a><br>
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And why are some colored words off center (below the baseline)?<br>
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