diff --git a/scripts/dircolortest b/scripts/dircolortest
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+# A utility script to test out dircolors settings without reloading
+# Usage: dircolortest <dircolors file>
+
+if ($#ARGV < 0) {
+    die "Usage: $0 <dircolors file>\n";
+}
+
+if ($#ARGV > 0) {
+    warn "Ignoring additional command line arguments\n";
+}
+
+# Open the file and get the handle
+open DCFILE, $ARGV[0] or
+    die "Cannot open dircolors file $ARGV[0]! $!\n";
+
+$line_counter = 0;
+
+while ($line = <DCFILE>) {
+    chomp $line;
+
+    # Strip off any comments
+    $line =~ s/#.*$//;
+
+    # Strip off leading and trailing whitespace
+    $line =~ s/^\s*//;
+    $line =~ s/\s*$//;
+
+    if ($line ne '') {
+        ($type, $format) = split /\s+/, $line;
+
+        # Ignore the TERM lines, we don't care about them here
+        next if ($type eq 'TERM');
+
+        # Just a little enhancement, if the type begins with a .
+        if ($type =~ m/^\./) {
+            $type = "*$type";
+        }
+
+        print "\033[${format}m$type\033[m";
+
+        $line_counter = $line_counter + 1;
+
+        if ($line_counter == 8) {
+            print "\n";
+            $line_counter = 0;
+        } else {
+            print "\t";
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+print "\n" if ($line_counter != 0);
+
+close DCFILE;