Re: ls sorting order change

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 01 May 2012 15:10:23 -0400, Dan B. wrote:

> What controls the order that the ls command uses for sorting names?

>From "man ls" → info coreutils 'ls invocation' anf here it can be read:

***
By default, the output is sorted alphabetically, according to the
locale settings in effect.(1) If standard output is a terminal, the
output is in columns (sorted vertically) and control characters are
output as question marks; otherwise, the output is listed one per line
and control characters are output as-is.

(1) If you use a non-POSIX locale (e.g., by setting `LC_ALL' to
`en_US'), then `ls' may produce output that is sorted differently than
you're accustomed to.  In that case, set the `LC_ALL' environment
variable to `C'.
***

Depending on the version you're using this can vary.

> On a fresh Squeeze installation, ls seems to ignore leading "."
> characters (it no longer lists all "hidden" files adjacent to each
> other) and to ignore capitalization differences.

(...)

Can you post a sample of the command you issued and the ouput you got?
 
Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón