Rob -- ...and then Feztaa said... % % Alas! David T-G spake thus: % > % Why not just do 'ls -AlF|sort'? That way all lines showing a % > % directory will start with 'd', and all lines that are files will % > % start with '-' % > % > That's true. Of course, you throw away the colors when you pipe the % > output, IIRC... % % That's true, I suppose.
Yep. % % > % Then you get an alphabetic listing, it automatically puts the % > % directories first. % > % > No, you won't get that -- or at least not with the example above. % > You'd have to tell sort to sort on the first word and then on the 9th % > or 8th (depending on whether or not you show group by default), and % > meanwhile you have to figure out what to do with the "total NNNNNN" % > line that usually comes first. % % I guess I wasn't clear -- what I meant was, 'sort' will sort by the % first letter alphabetically -- so all the lines starting with 'd', That's true; it will, indeed. % directories, will be before all the lines starting with '-', files. Um, you'll be wanting to check that, too :-) % % In other words, the alphabetic listing of the output puts the % directories first just because that's how the alphabet works. The files Or second, even, but I get the point. % themselves will be out of order. Well, what good will that be?!? % % -- % Rob 'Feztaa' Park % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % -- % "The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to % make sense." % -- Tom Clancy :-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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