how to list file and sort by filename using ls

Kevin D. Clark kclark at mtghouse.com
Mon Apr 24 16:20:01 EDT 2006


Zhao Peng writes:

> Using either "ls -ul" or "ls -cl"(which are supposed to sort by name
> according to manual, if I understood and used correctly), I just can't
> list files and sort them by filenames.

1:  can you show us the output of the following:

        echo $LANG

2:  Does this do what you want?:

        LANG=C ls -ul


I'll bet that the output of "ls" is sorted, but just not in the order
that you expected.

Regards,

--kevin
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