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HalosGhost
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It appears that LC_COLLATELC_COLLATE controls the "alphabetical order" used by ls, as well. The US locale will sort as follows:

a.C aFilename.C aFilename.H a.H

a.C aFilename.C aFilename.H a.H

basically ignoring the periods. You might prefer:

a.C a.H aFilename.C aFilename.H

a.C a.H aFilename.C aFilename.H

I certainly do. Setting LC_COLLATELC_COLLATE to CC accomplishes this. Note that it will also sort lower case after all capitals:

A.C A.H AFilename.C a.C a.H

A.C A.H AFilename.C a.C a.H

It appears that LC_COLLATE controls the "alphabetical order" used by ls, as well. The US locale will sort as follows:

a.C aFilename.C aFilename.H a.H

basically ignoring the periods. You might prefer:

a.C a.H aFilename.C aFilename.H

I certainly do. Setting LC_COLLATE to C accomplishes this. Note that it will also sort lower case after all capitals:

A.C A.H AFilename.C a.C a.H

It appears that LC_COLLATE controls the "alphabetical order" used by ls, as well. The US locale will sort as follows:

a.C aFilename.C aFilename.H a.H

basically ignoring the periods. You might prefer:

a.C a.H aFilename.C aFilename.H

I certainly do. Setting LC_COLLATE to C accomplishes this. Note that it will also sort lower case after all capitals:

A.C A.H AFilename.C a.C a.H
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SteveInCO
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It appears that LC_COLLATE controls the "alphabetical order" used by ls, as well. The US locale will sort as follows:

a.C aFilename.C aFilename.H a.H

basically ignoring the periods. You might prefer:

a.C a.H aFilename.C aFilename.H

I certainly do. Setting LC_COLLATE to C accomplishes this. Note that it will also sort lower case after all capitals:

A.C A.H AFilename.C a.C a.H