Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site reed.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!reed!alexis From: alexis@reed.UUCP (Alexis Dimitriadis) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: ls follies Message-ID: <1836@reed.UUCP> Date: Sun, 25-Aug-85 01:56:15 EDT Article-I.D.: reed.1836 Posted: Sun Aug 25 01:56:15 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 26-Aug-85 01:40:31 EDT References: <3123@nsc.UUCP> <1803@reed.UUCP> <321@luke.UUCP> <695@cybvax0.UUCP> Reply-To: alexis@reed.UUCP (Alexis Dimitriadis) Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon Lines: 21 Summary: > >> What gets me is there is no way to convince ls to produce _unsorted_ > >>output! (never mind why... > > How about ls -f. > ls -f is fine *if the argument is a single directory*. Besides, 4.2BSD ls -f alphabetizes its "directory" arguments, before listing each one unsorted. Try "ls -f b a" to see what I mean... Alexis Dimitriadis -- _______________________________________________ As soon as I get a full time job, the opinions expressed above will attach themselves to my employer, who will never be rid of them again. alexis @ reed ...teneron! \ ...seismo!ihnp4! - tektronix! - reed.UUCP ...decvax! /