[The fact that you sent this request to the old bug-fileutils list instead of bug-coreutils makes me wonder if you have the latest version of coreutils. However, your request is still not present in CVS coreutils.]
> Hi, > I think that an option which lets the user to see the usual file listing > sorted > alphabetically, but with directory entries grouped before the files, would be > very useful. You are not the first to request this feature. The problem is that no one has been bothered enough by the lack of this feature to actually contribute a patch. Things to think about - how would this option interact with other sort options? For example, I think that the combination of the proposed --directories-first (or whatever it gets spelled as) alongside --sort=size would treat directories as a primary sort key and size as a secondary sort key. Is there ever any use for having another sort be the primary key and directory status being the second key? -- Eric Blake _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
