ls -la # This gives a coloured output.
But,
puts %x{ ls -la } # The colours aren't preserved here.
Is there a way to get coloured output??
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try `ls --color=always` – John C Jun 10 '14 at 02:13
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Worked perfectly for me. – John C Jun 10 '14 at 06:45
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I don't see colours on OSX I tested it on linux. – John C Jun 10 '14 at 07:45
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For OSX you need `CLICOLOR_FORCE=1 ls -G` – John C Jun 10 '14 at 08:11
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Wow! That worked! Can you post that as answer, will mark it as the correct answer. – Jikku Jose Jun 10 '14 at 08:14
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I would but @sawa has marked your question as a duplicate. :-( Can you please change this? It's a good question, and I need more points! :0) – John C Jun 10 '14 at 08:15
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How can I refute the this question is not a duplicate? I don't think its duplicate. – Jikku Jose Jun 10 '14 at 08:26
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@JikkuJose Put something in the question statement that clearly shows why this isn't the same question. Something like "
does not solve the issue because it deals with – Dennis Meng Jun 16 '14 at 03:12when I'm having trouble with ". You don't have to use my exact wording, but make it clear to others in your question statement why these are two different problems. -
possible duplicate of [Color output from shell command in Ruby](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/948359/color-output-from-shell-command-in-ruby) – spuder Sep 25 '14 at 19:31