[Techtalk] ls display

Gina Feichtinger geekgrrl at geekgrrl.priv.at
Tue Oct 14 07:17:09 UTC 2008


On 13.10.2008 21:12 Uhr, Anne Wainwright wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Such a simple thing.
> 
> iIwant ls to display with all the directories bunched together at the
> end.
> 
> $ ls -rlX
> 
> -r to reverse the order
> -l for 'long' display
> -X for display in extension order.
> 
> It appears to do it fine in a home subdirectory ~/somesubd$ and
> positions all the directories at the end (for handy viewing ready to $ cd)
> 
> but in my home directory ~$ it decidedly doesn't do it. The directories are all mixed up with the normal files.
> 
> What simple thing can I be missing?

Long shot but still - what are your locale settings?

Cheers,

Gina
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