On Wednesday, 27. Jul 2016, 21:40:56 +0200, Matthias Schwarzott wrote: > Am 27.07.2016 um 17:33 schrieb Bertram Scharpf: > > > > user@host ~/showsort % set | grep -a '^\(LANG\|LC_\)' > > LANG=de_DE.utf8 > > LC_ALL=de_DE.utf8 > > LC_COLLATE=C > > > Why doesn't ls obey LC_COLLATE=C and how can I fix this? > > > > Look at the description of LC_ALL: > > LC_ALL If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of > all the other internationalization variables. > > [...] > > In scripts I normally use LC_ALL=C sort.
Ouch! How could I be wrong about this simple thing for so many years? I'm baffled. Thank you. Bertram -- Bertram Scharpf Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany http://www.bertram-scharpf.de
