on Sat, 27 Jul 2002 07:48:24PM -0600, Bob Proulx insinuated: > > and sort also doesn't deal with the interspersing of dot-files with > > non-dot-files, which /bin/ls started doing along with interspersing > > directories and files ... > > > > not a problem over here, just a curiousity. anyone let us know if you > > figure it out. > > It sounds like you are using a specific locale, which you probably > are, which specifies that characters like '.' are not significant in > the name. That is often called dictionary order. Use 'locale' to see > what locales you are set. > > locale > > Try setting LC_ALL=POSIX for a test and you will see the standard > behavior. For a test you don't have to do it permanently, just for > that one command. > > LC_ALL=POSIX ls -a hey, awesome! thanks! </nori> -- .~. nori @ sccs.swarthmore.edu /V\ http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~nori/jnl/daily.html // \\ @ maenad.net /( )\ www.maenad.net ^`~'^
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