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Old 07-05-2011
make ls retrive ordered list of elements
Hello friends!!

I have a question regarding the use of ls in unix. I have a folder with files:
Code:
t1.txt
t2.txt
t3.txt
t4.txt
...
t10.txt


When I make an ls I always get:

Code:
t10.txt
t1.txt
t2.txt
t3.txt
..
t9.txt

But I want to have the ordered list!!! i.e. t1.txt, t2.txt, .... t10.txt

How can I do it???? SmilieSmilieSmilie
Last edited by radoulov; 07-05-2011 at 12:22 PM.. Reason: Code tags please!
# 2  
Old 07-05-2011
The list you see is ordered, but it's ordered in ASCIIbetical order.
If you want to display the filenames in different order, you should use other tools:
Code:
% ls -1           
t1.txt
t10.txt
t2.txt
t3.txt
t4.txt
% ls | sort -k1.2n
t1.txt
t2.txt
t3.txt
t4.txt
t10.txt

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Old 07-05-2011
Thanks man! I didn't know about the -k1.2n, it worked perfectly!!
 
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