getting a terminal to STOP showing colors

[Hans Fugal]

Hans Fugal wrote:
> Michael Torrie wrote:
>> Lee Higginson wrote:
>>> Anyone know how to get a terminal to STOP showing colors.  I can unalias and
>>> change the /etc/DIR_COLORS to get them to stop for most things, but doing a:
>>> service <process> restart,  ALWAYS gives me a pretty green OK. Anyone know
>>> how to get that to stop?
>> Set your terminal type to one that is not color?
>>
> 
> e.g. try TERM=vt100
> 

Oh, and maybe try piping through cat

ls --color=auto | cat

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