Does this file keep the inode number instead ??

What about 'xfs_repair'?? Would that number change if I use the above command??

Does the following command surprise you at all?
While sorting the files the 'lost+found' directory stays along with the parent . dir. Is is because the sorting has to do with the inode?

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(root)11: ls -lusiop|sort
2 4 drwxr-xr-x 36 root 1536 Oct 26 15:06 ../
2 4 drwxr-xr-x 36 root 1536 Oct 26 15:06 ./
3 16 drwxrwxrwx 2 root 8192 Oct 26 14:30 lost+found/
94 2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 9 Oct 26 15:06 bin -> ./usr/bin/
95 2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 9 Oct 26 15:05 lib -> ./usr/lib/
116 4 -rw------- 1 root 1032 Jul 16 17:20 .cpr_config
373 10 -rw-r--r-- 1 root 4396 Oct 26 14:30 .cshrc
417 2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root 406 Oct 26 13:31 .OWdefaults
418 2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root 912 Oct 26 13:31 .Xdefaults
419 2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root 977 Sep 4 16:06 .desksetdefaults
420 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 root 5161 Oct 26 13:31 .dtprofile
421 2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root 28 Oct 18 14:38 .exrc
422 2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root 38 Oct 3 12:24 .forward_orig
423 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root 0 Jul 16 17:20 .hushlogin
424 2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root 658 Sep 10 09:55 .login
425 4 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 1620 Jul 16 17:20 .openwin-init*
426 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root 3412 Jul 16 17:20 .openwin-menu
427 2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 790 Oct 26 14:30 .profile*
428 2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root 871 Jul 16 17:20 .xinitrc
430 2 -rw------- 1 root 64 Jul 16 17:20 .notrhosts
432 2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root 668 Oct 4 13:45 filespace.txt
433 38 -rw-r--r-- 1 root 18912 Oct 4 13:48 corefiles.txt
434 86 -rw------- 1 root 43916 Sep 28 15:30 .sh_history
435 2 drwx------ 4 root 512 Oct 26 12:17 Mail/
437 6 -rw-r--r-- 1 root 2193 Oct 11 15:27 server.log
439 2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 764 Sep 10 15:35 .profile.orig*
441 2 -rwxrwxrwx 1 root 438 Oct 11 15:27 profile.org*
445 4 -rwxrwxrwx 1 root 1449 Oct 15 16:16 backup_host*
446 2 -rwxr----- 1 root 386 Oct 11 15:27 test.tq*
452 2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 748 Oct 16 15:22 ole.sh*
453 1088 -rw-r--r-- 1 root 548485 Oct 11 15:27 CLFY.055
455 2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 768 Sep 28 12:38 start_clarify_netcool_gw.sh*
456 2 -rw------- 1 root 108 Oct 11 15:27 dead.letter
457 6 -rw-r--r-- 1 root 2580 Sep 10 15:42 sybinit.err
458 2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root 872 Oct 9 09:22 .mailrc
461 2 -rw------- 1 root 369 Oct 26 13:32 .TTauthority
463 2 -rw------- 1 root 196 Oct 26 13:32 .Xauthority
11200 2 drwxrwxrwx 26 root 512 Oct 26 13:39 var/
11739 2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root 512 Oct 26 12:17 .hotjava/
22400 2 drwxrwxrwx 23 ort 512 Oct 26 14:56 home/
33600 2 drwxrwxrwx 6 root 512 Oct 26 12:17 u01/
44800 2 drwxrwxrwx 5 root 512 Oct 26 12:17 u02/
56000 2 drwxrwxrwx 8 root 512 Oct 26 12:17 u03/
56078 2 drwxrwxrwx 2 root 512 Oct 26 12:17 sbin/
67200 2 drwxrwxrwx 4 root 512 Oct 26 12:17 u04/
78400 2 drwxrwxrwx 31 root 1024 Oct 26 12:17 usr/
90108 2 drwxrwxrwx 2 root 512 Oct 26 12:17 tftpboot/
90154 2 drwx------ 2 root 512 Oct 26 12:17 DeadLetters/
101483 2 drwxr-xr-x 13 root 512 Oct 26 12:17 .dt/
101498 2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root 512 Oct 26 12:17 tq/
134400 2 drwxrwxrwx 18 root 1024 Oct 26 12:17 platform/
145678 513 dr-xr-xr-x 123 root 262336 Oct 26 15:06 proc/
201667 2 drwxrwxrwx 2 root 512 Oct 26 12:17 mnt/
212860 2 drwxrwxrwx 9 root 512 Oct 26 12:17 kernel/
212861 2 drwxrwxrwx 10 root 512 Oct 26 12:17 opt/
280059 16 drwxrwxrwt 7 sys 3250 Oct 26 13:25 tmp/
302402 8 drwxrwxrwx 33 root 3584 Oct 26 14:30 etc/
380919 2 drwxrwxrwx 2 root 512 Oct 26 12:17 cdrom/
392303 2 drwxrwxrwx 2 root 512 Oct 26 12:17 TT_DB/
392623 2 drwxrwxrwx 2 root 512 Oct 26 12:17 prod/
403821 2 drwxrwxrwx 2 root 512 Oct 26 12:17 ort/
448066 8 drwxrwxrwx 11 root 3584 Oct 26 12:17 dev/
448068 2 drwxrwxrwx 4 root 512 Oct 26 12:17 devices/
470690 1 dr-xr-xr-x 1 root 1 Oct 26 12:17 net/
471055 2 drwxrwxrwx 2 root 512 Oct 26 12:17 export/
471172 1 dr-xr-xr-x 1 root 1 Oct 26 12:17 u/
471173 1 dr-xr-xr-x 1 root 1 Oct 26 12:17 proj/
471174 1 dr-xr-xr-x 1 root 1 Oct 26 12:17 vol/
471175 2 drwxrwxrwx 2 root 512 Oct 26 12:17 volmgt/
total 1931

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