diff --git a/dev-ls.plx b/dev-ls.plx
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7ed22af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-ls.plx
@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+my $colorize = 1;
+my %extension = %{extensions()};
+my $colmax;
+eval{
+   my $terminal = q|/dev/pts/1|;
+   $colmax = `stty -a <$terminal | grep -Po '(?<=columns )\\d+'`;
+};
+$colmax ||= 100;
+
+my $target;
+my $lists;
+
+foreach (@ARGV){
+  if ($_ eq '--demo'){ 
+    my @files = sort keys %extension;
+    push @files, "[default]";
+    $lists = { dirs => [qw/dir1 dir2 dir2/], files => [@files[2..scalar @files]]};
+  } elsif ($_ =~ m/(--nocolor|-bw)/i) {
+    $colorize = 0;
+  } elsif ($_ =~ m/(--width|-w)=(\d+)/i){
+    $colmax = $2;
+  } elsif ($_ =~ m/(--help|-h|\?)/i){
+    print "usage:\n  dev-icons.plx [target] [options]\n"
+        . " default [target] is current directory\n\nOptions:\n"
+        . " --help, -h, ? : display this info\n"
+        . " --demo : print a list of all current extensions\n"
+        . " -w=[number], --width=[number] : set screen width (default 100)\n"
+        . " -bw, --nocolor : turn off colorization (default is on)\n";
+  } elsif ($_ !~ /-/){
+    $target = $_;
+  }
+}
+
+$lists ||= build_lists($target || '.');
+
+my @dlist = @{ $lists->{dirs}  };
+my @flist = @{ $lists->{files} };
+
+my $maxlen = 10;
+map {$maxlen = length $_ if length $_ > $maxlen} (@dlist,@flist);
+
+# hard limit at half colmax, else add 5
+$maxlen = ($maxlen > $colmax/2) ? $colmax/2 : $maxlen + 5;
+my @result;
+my $line = '';
+my $col = 0;
+my $d = scalar @dlist + 1;
+@dlist = (@dlist,@flist);
+foreach (@dlist){
+  $d-- if $d; # is directory?
+  my $cell = devicons_format($_,$d);
+
+  $line .= $cell;
+  $col++;
+  if ($col >= int($colmax/$maxlen)){
+    $col = 0;
+    $line =~ s/\s+$//;  # trim
+    push @result, $line; 
+    $line = '';
+    next;
+  }
+}
+push @result, '';
+printf join "\n", @result;
+
+sub build_lists     {
+  my $target = shift;
+
+  opendir(DIR, $target) || die "Unable to access $target: $!";
+  my @d_ls = grep {(!/^\.\.?$/) and -d "$target/$_"} readdir(DIR);
+  rewinddir  DIR;
+  my @f_ls = grep {(!/^\.\.?$/) and -f "$target/$_"} readdir(DIR);
+  closedir DIR;
+
+  return {dirs => \@d_ls, files => \@f_ls};
+
+
+ }
+sub devicons_format {
+  my ($name, $dir) = @_;
+  return '' unless $name;
+  $name =~ m/([^\.]*)$/;
+  my $ext = $extension{$1} 
+         || $extension{uc $1} 
+         || $extension{'.default'};
+  $ext = $extension{'.dir'} if $dir;
+
+  $name = substr($name, 0, $maxlen-8) . "..." if length $name > $maxlen - 1;
+  $name = "$ext->{symbol} $name";
+  my $pad = " " x ($maxlen - length $name);
+  $name = "$ext->{color}$name\x1b[0m" if $colorize;
+  
+  return "$name$pad";
+
+
+ }
+sub extensions      {
+  my %color = (
+    '.default' => 248,
+    archive    => 2,
+    audio      => 136,
+    config     => 9,
+    data       => 13,
+    diff       => 8,
+    disk       => 1,
+    err        => 196,
+    font       => 108,
+    game       => 177,
+    image      => 5,
+    image_v    => 10,
+    install    => 255,
+    key        => 15,
+    lock       => 248,
+    markup     => 11,
+    props      => 6,
+    script     => 130,
+    sheet      => 148,
+    src        => 4,
+    src_py     => 36,
+    src_perl   => 1,
+    sql        => 223,
+    style      => 161,
+    txt        => 7,
+    txt_doc    => 12,
+    txt_note   => 3,
+    txt_slide  => 166,
+    video      => 10,
+    x          => 240,
+  );
+
+  my %category = (
+    archive   => { symbol => '', set => [qw/7z a arj bz bz2 gz lrz lz lzm lzo rar s7z tar xz zip zipx zoo zpaq zz/]},
+    archive_p => { symbol => '', set => [qw/apk bsp cab deb jar jad pak pk3 rpm vdf vpk/]},
+    audio     => { symbol => '', set => [qw/aac aiff alac ape cda dat fcm flac m4a mid midi mod mp3 sid mp4a wav wma wv wvc/]},
+    config    => { symbol => '', set => [qw/cfg conf ini Makefile MANIFEST pcf rc viminfo/]},
+    data      => { symbol => '', set => [qw/accdb accde accdr accdt dump db fmp12 fp7 localstorage mdb mde nc sqlite/]},
+    diff      => { symbol => '', set => [qw/diff patch/]},
+    disk      => { symbol => '', set => [qw/bin dmg iso nrg qcow sparseimage toast vcd vmdk/]},
+    err       => { symbol => '', set => [qw/deny err error stderr/]},
+    font      => { symbol => '', set => [qw/afm fon fnt otf PFA pfb pfm ttf/]},
+    game      => { symbol => '', set => [qw/32x a00 a52 a64 a78 adf atr fm2 cdi gb gba gbc gel gg ggl j64 nds nes rom sav sms st/]},
+    image     => { symbol => '', set => [qw/bmp gif ico jpg jpeg nth png psb psd tif tiff ts/]},
+    image_v   => { symbol => '', set => [qw/ai eps epsf/]},
+    key       => { symbol => '', set => [qw/asc bfe enc gpg pem p12 sig signature/]},
+    lock      => { symbol => '', set => [qw/lock lockfile pid state/]},
+    markup    => { symbol => '', set => [qw/eml hbs htm html jhtm mustache mht slim twig tt tt2 ejs/]},
+    props     => { symbol => '', set => [qw/cue description directory json properties rdata rss srt theme torrent urlview xml yml/]},
+    script    => { symbol => '', set => [qw/awk bash bat fish sed sh vim zsh/]},
+    sheet     => { symbol => '', set => [qw/csv ods xla xls xlsm xlsx xltm xltx/]},
+    src       => { symbol => '', set => [qw/d dart go java jl php rb rs scala/]},
+    src_c     => { symbol => '', set => [qw/c c++ cpp cxx H h++ hpp hxx M tcc/]},
+    src_cljr  => { symbol => '', set => [qw/clj cljc cljs edn/]},
+    src_erl   => { symbol => '', set => [qw/erl hrl/]},
+    src_f     => { symbol => '', set => [qw/fs fsi fsscript fsx/]},
+    src_hkl   => { symbol => '', set => [qw/hs lhs/]},
+    src_js    => { symbol => '', set => [qw/coffee js jsm jsp jsx/]},
+    src_ms    => { symbol => '', set => [qw/cc cp cs sln suo/]},
+    src_lisp  => { symbol => '', set => [qw/cl lisp ml mli/]},
+    src_py    => { symbol => '', set => [qw/py pyc pyd pyo/]},
+    src_perl  => { symbol => '', set => [qw/PL pl plx pm/]},
+    sql       => { symbol => '', set => [qw/msql mysql pgsql rlib sql/]},
+    style     => { symbol => '', set => [qw/css less sass scss styl/]},
+    txt       => { symbol => '', set => [qw/etx info markdown md mkd nfo t txt/]},
+    txt_doc   => { symbol => '', set => [qw/doc docm docx odb odt pdf rtf/]},
+    txt_note  => { symbol => '', set => [qw/AUTHORS CHANGES CONTRIBUTORS COPYRIGHT HISTORY INSTALL LICENCE log note NOTICE PATENTS README VERSION/]},
+    txt_slide => { symbol => '', set => [qw/pps ppt ppts pptsm pptx pptxm/]},
+    video     => { symbol => '', set => [qw/asf asm avi divx flv m2v m4v mkv mov mp4/]},
+    x_backup  => { symbol => '', set => [qw/bak BUP old orig un~/]},
+    x_docker  => { symbol => '', set => [qw/Dockerfile dockerignore/]},
+    x_apple   => { symbol => '', set => [qw/CFUserTextEncoding DS_store localized/]},
+    x_git     => { symbol => '', set => [qw/git gitattributes gitmodules gitignore/]},
+  );
+
+  my %extension = (
+    '.default'    => { symbol => '', color => "\x1b[38;5;$color{'.default'}m",},
+    '.dir'        => { symbol => '', color => "\x1b[38;5;14m", },
+    ai            => { symbol => '' },
+    cljs          => { symbol => '' },
+    d             => { symbol => '' },
+    Dockerfile    => { color  => 190 },
+    edn           => { symbol => '' },
+    git           => { color  => 125 },
+    go            => { symbol => '' },
+    hbs           => { symbol => '' },
+    java          => { symbol => '' },
+    jl            => { symbol => '' },
+    jsx           => { symbol => '' },  
+    mustache      => { symbol => '' },
+    Makefile      => { color  => 190 },
+    pgsql         => { symbol => '' },
+    php           => { symbol => '' },
+    psb           => { symbol => '' },
+    psd           => { symbol => '' },
+    rb            => { symbol => '' },
+    rlib          => { symbol => '' },
+    rs            => { symbol => '' },
+    rss           => { symbol => '' },
+    sass          => { symbol => '' },
+    scala         => { symbol => '' },
+    scss          => { symbol => '' },
+    styl          => { symbol => '' },
+    ts            => { symbol => '' },
+    twig          => { symbol => '' },
+    vim           => { symbol => '' },
+  );
+
+  foreach my $cat (keys %category){
+    my $color = $color{$cat} 
+             || $color{(split '_', $cat)[0]}
+             || $color{'.default'};
+
+    foreach ( @{$category{$cat}{set}} ){
+      $extension{$_}{symbol} ||= $category{$cat}{symbol};
+      $extension{$_}{color}  ||= $color;
+
+      next if $extension{$_}{color} =~ /[^\d]/;
+
+      # condition for 8 / black = background 200 / magenta
+      $extension{$_}{color}  = ($extension{$_}{color} != 8) 
+        ? "\x1b[38;5;$extension{$_}{color}m"
+        : "\x1b[48;5;200m";
+    }
+  }
+
+  return \%extension;
+ }
+1;
diff --git a/devicons-ls b/devicons-ls
index 7189187..c8e5b40 100755
--- a/devicons-ls
+++ b/devicons-ls
@@ -2,132 +2,160 @@
 # Author: Ryan L McIntyre
 # Project: devicons-shell
 
+declare -A colors=(
+	[dir]=159
+        [image]=225
+        [code]=085
+        [src]=078
+        [perl]=085
+        [python]=085
+        [script]=085
+        [data]=085
+        [template]=135
+        [style]=162
+        [text]=105
+        [archive]=229
+	[default]=248
+)
+
 function devicons_get_directory_symbol {
 
 	local symbol=""
+	local clr="${colors[dir]}"
 
-	echo "$symbol $1"
+	echo -e "\x1b[38;5;${clr}m${symbol} $1 \x1b[0m"
 	return 0
 }
 
 function devicons_get_filetype_symbol {
 
 	declare -A extensions=(
-		[txt]=e
-		[styl]=
-		[scss]=
-		[htm]=
-		[html]=
-		[slim]=
-		[ejs]=
-		[css]=
-		[less]=
-		[md]=
-		[markdown]=
-		[json]=
-		[js]=
-		[jsx]=
-		[rb]=
-		[php]=
-		[py]=
-		[pyc]=
-		[pyo]=
-		[pyd]=
-		[coffee]=
-		[mustache]=
-		[hbs]=
-		[conf]=
-		[ini]=
-		[yml]=
-		[bat]=
-		[jpg]=
-		[jpeg]=
-		[bmp]=
-		[png]=
-		[gif]=
-		[ico]=
-		[twig]=
-		[cpp]=
-		[c++]=
-		[cxx]=
-		[cc]=
-		[cp]=
-		[c]=
-		[hs]=
-		[lhs]=
-		[lua]=
-		[java]=
-		[sh]=
-		[fish]=
-		[ml]=λ
-		[mli]=λ
-		[diff]=
-		[db]=
-		[sql]=
-		[dump]=
-		[clj]=
-		[cljc]=
-		[cljs]=
-		[edn]=
-		[scala]=
-		[go]=
-		[dart]=
-		[xul]=
-		[sln]=
-		[suo]=
-		[pl]=
-		[pm]=
-		[t]=
-		[rss]=
-		[f#]=
-		[fsscript]=
-		[fsx]=
-		[fs]=
-		[fsi]=
-		[rs]=
-		[rlib]=
-		[d]=
-		[erl]=
-		[hrl]=
-		[vim]=
-		[ai]=
-		[psd]=
-		[psb]=
-		[ts]=
-		[jl]=
+		[txt]=e,text
+		[t]=,text
+		[markdown]=,text
+		[md]=,text
+		[rss]=,text
+		[styl]=,style
+		[scss]=,style
+		[less]=,style
+		[css]=,style
+		[htm]=,template
+		[html]=,template
+		[slim]=,code
+		[json]=,data
+		[coffee]=,src
+		[js]=,code
+		[jsx]=,code
+		[rb]=,src
+		[php]=,code
+		[py]=,python
+		[pyc]=,python
+		[pyo]=,python
+		[pyd]=,python
+		[conf]=,data
+		[ini]=,data
+		[yml]=,data
+		[bat]=,script
+		[jpg]=,image
+		[jpeg]=,image
+		[bmp]=,image
+		[png]=,image
+		[gif]=,image
+		[ico]=,image
+		[twig]=,template
+		[tt2]=,template
+		[mustache]=,template
+		[hbs]=,template
+		[ejs]=,template
+		[cpp]=,src
+		[c++]=,src
+		[cxx]=,src
+		[cc]=,src
+		[cp]=,src
+		[c]=,src
+		[xul]=,code
+		[hs]=,code
+		[lhs]=,code
+		[lua]=,code
+		[java]=,src
+		[sh]=,script
+		[fish]=,script
+		[ml]=λ,code
+		[mli]=λ,code
+		[diff]=,data
+		[db]=,data
+		[sql]=,data
+		[dump]=,data
+		[clj]=,code
+		[cljc]=,src
+		[cljs]=,src
+		[edn]=,code
+		[scala]=,src
+		[go]=,src
+		[dart]=,src
+		[sln]=,src
+		[suo]=,src
+		[pl]=,perl
+		[pm]=,perl
+		[f#]=,src
+		[fsscript]=,code
+		[fsx]=,code
+		[fs]=,code
+		[fsi]=,code
+		[rs]=,code
+		[rlib]=,data
+		[d]=,code
+		[erl]=,src
+		[hrl]=,src
+		[vim]=,code
+		[ai]=,image
+		[psd]=,image
+		[psb]=,image
+		[ts]=,image
+		[jl]=,code
+		[7z]=,archive
+		[bz]=,archive
+		[bz2]=,archive
+		[gz]=,archive
+		[tar]=,archive
+		[xz]=,archive
+		[zip]=,archive
 	)
 
 	local filetype
 	local default=
+	local symbol=$default
 	local exist_check=1
 	local input=$1
-	local filename="$1"
+	local clr="default"
+	local filename=" $1"
 	# using ## for possibly more than one "." (get after last one):
 	local filetype="${filename##*.}"
 
 	if [ ! -z "$filetype" ] && [ ${extensions[$filetype]+$exist_check} ]; then
-		local symbol=${extensions[$filetype]}
-	else
-		local symbol=$default
+		clr=${extensions[$filetype]:2}
+		symbol=${extensions[$filetype]:0:1}
 	fi
 
-	echo "$symbol $1"
+	clr="${colors[$clr]}"
+
+	echo -e "\x1b[38;5;${clr}m${symbol}$filename \x1b[0m "	
 
 	return 0
 }
 
 # for now wrap piped portion so uses the same 'subshell'
 # @todo fixme - dont use pipe
-find $1 -maxdepth 1 -type f -printf "%P\n" | sort | { while read line; do
-	 lines="$lines $(devicons_get_filetype_symbol $line) \n"
+find $1 -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d -printf "%P \n" | sort | { while read line; do
+	lines="$lines $(devicons_get_directory_symbol $line) \n"
 done
 
-echo -en "$lines \n" | column -n
+echo -en "$lines \n" | column
 }
 
-find $1 -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d -printf "%P\n" | sort | { while read line; do
-	 lines="$lines $(devicons_get_directory_symbol $line) \n"
+find $1 -maxdepth 1 -type f -printf "%P\n" | sort | { while read line; do
+	lines="$lines $(devicons_get_filetype_symbol $line)\n"
 done
 
-echo -en "$lines \n" | column -n
+echo -e "$lines \n" | column -c90 
 }
diff --git a/tests/test.7z b/tests/test.7z
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29