[Techtalk] ls display

[Anne Wainwright]

Gina, hello,

see info below from locale command

On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:17:09 +0200
Gina wrote:

|> On 13.10.2008 21:12 Uhr, Anne Wainwright wrote:
|> > Hi,
|> > 
|> > Such a simple thing.
|> > 
|> > I want 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?

anotheranne at Pandora:~$ locale
LANG=POSIX
LC_CTYPE="POSIX"
LC_NUMERIC="POSIX"
LC_TIME="POSIX"
LC_COLLATE="POSIX"
LC_MONETARY="POSIX"
LC_MESSAGES="POSIX"
LC_PAPER="POSIX"
LC_NAME="POSIX"
LC_ADDRESS="POSIX"
LC_TELEPHONE="POSIX"
LC_MEASUREMENT="POSIX"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="POSIX"
LC_ALL=

I have no idea what they mean, and why is the last on blank?

regards
Anne

|> 
|> Cheers,
|> 
|> Gina


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