Re: The ls command
On 2025-10-31 10:27:55 -0400, Michael Stone wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 03:19:26PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > On 2025-10-31 14:25:05 +0100, Nicolas George wrote:
> > > ls can sort the list differently; printf cannot. Zsh can at globbing, sh
> > > cannot, bash I do not know.
> >
> > And zsh has a nice numeric sort, which ls (at least from coreutils)
> > does not.
>
> ls -v, unless you're looking for something much more basic
This is unfortunately not a numeric sort, but a version sort,
with very obscure and illogical rules. For instance:
$ ls -1v
a.c
ab.1
ac
ac.0
a.b.1
a.c.0
Most users would wonder why a.c is first while a.c.0 is last.
Something certainly not what I want.
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