Hello, all -- I'm sure you're tired of hearing "why doesn't it sort?" questions, and I thank Bob for his FAQ response to many, many, many users. I'm glad I pulled down the archives :-)
The summary: I want to know how to make it sort like I want by default. I have a somewhat different situation, though, and so I brave being branded as a dullard... From my perusal of the ChangeLog I do not see that this sort "stuff" was implemented between 4.0 and 4.1, and yet our badly-installed-and-really-should-be-replaced copy of ls sorts as I would expect. To wit: bash-2.05a$ /appmnt/prod/IT/gnu/SunOS_5.8/gnu_13/bin/ls --version ls (GNU fileutils) 4.0 bash-2.05a$ bash-2.05a$ ls --version ls (fileutils) 4.1 Written by Richard Stallman and David MacKenzie. (with the copyright notice clipped for brevity; forgive me). Interestingly enough, the two versions of ls display columns differently for the same directory; it seems that 4.0 uses the whole width of the screen while 4.1 thinks that it can't. To wit: bash-2.05a$ /appmnt/prod/IT/gnu/SunOS_5.8/gnu_13/bin/ls 00-Done card--help ctags-h diff3--help 00-GotIt card--version ctags-v diff3--version 00-WHAT card-h cvs--help diff3-h Esetroot--help card-v cvs--version diff3-v Esetroot--version cc--help cvs-h dirname--help ... bash-2.05a$ ls 00-Done composeglyphs--version dirname--version 00-GotIt composeglyphs-h dirname-h 00-WHAT composeglyphs-v dirname-v addftinfo--help ctags--help echo--help addftinfo--version ctags--version echo--version As you can see, the 4.0 version sorts caps first but also uses a fourth column -- and the columns are even shifted right by one compared to the only three that 4.1 spits out. The tricky thing is that I don't have $LAND or $LC_ALL set at all: bash-2.05a$ bash-2.05a$ echo $LANG bash-2.05a$ echo $LC_ALL bash-2.05a$ So yet again I don't understand why sorting should be different. Was there, in fact, a change in sort smarts between 4.0 and 4.1 that I couldn't detect, or did the person who built the 4.0 stuff perhaps perform some magic to set a default sort style so that the env variables aren't needed for folks who want the "old" behavior? If the latter, is it common magic that you can impart to the novice :-) or was it code hacking? I've just subscribed to the list, so I expect that I'll see any followups, but adding a cc: for me might be safest since I haven't yet seen any posts. TIA & HAND :-D -- David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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