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Mac OSX: Cannot color broken symlinks

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Mar 15, 20263965 views
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On my linux machine, you can tell intact symlinks from broken ones, because broken ones are colored red. I've tried to set this up on my mac by adding some configurations to PSCOLORS in my .bash_profile, but so far nothing has worked. I've managed to get the coloring to tell apart directories, file…

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Fix for: Mac OSX: Cannot color broken symlinks

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Install Homebrew first. Install GNU coreutils: Put the following in your : Open a new shell, and broken links will be highlighted like on Linux.

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