> Is there way to tell ls to sort filename "2" before file "10"?
Use the 'ls -v' option. Read the 'info ls' documentation for more information on this. Note that you did not say which version of ls you were using. It is possible that your version is older and does not yet contain that option. The latest released version is ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/fileutils/fileutils-4.1.tar.gz The latest testing version is ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/fileutils/fileutils-4.1.5.tar.gz Bob `-v' `--sort=version' Sort by version name and number, lowest first. It behaves like a default sort, except that each sequence of decimal digits is treated numerically as an index/version number. (*Note More details about version sort::.) More details about version sort ------------------------------- The version sort takes into account the fact that file names frequently include indices or version numbers. Standard sorting functions usually do not produce the ordering that people expect because comparisons are made on a character-by-character basis. The version sort addresses this problem, and is especially useful when browsing directories that contain many files with indices/version numbers in their names: > ls -1 > ls -1v foo.zml-1.gz foo.zml-1.gz foo.zml-100.gz foo.zml-2.gz foo.zml-12.gz foo.zml-6.gz foo.zml-13.gz foo.zml-12.gz foo.zml-2.gz foo.zml-13.gz foo.zml-25.gz foo.zml-25.gz foo.zml-6.gz foo.zml-100.gz Note also that numeric parts with leading zeroes are considered as fractional one: > ls -1 > ls -1v abc-1.007.tgz abc-1.007.tgz abc-1.012b.tgz abc-1.01a.tgz abc-1.01a.tgz abc-1.012b.tgz _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils
