Dear Paul, > Jos van Geffen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > However, if I do 'ls -a' on e.g. my home directory I get this all > > mixed up: the sorting is case INsensitve and leading '.'s are > > ignored -- see the example below. > > This is covered in the FAQ: > <URL:http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#The%20ls%20command%20is%20not%20listing%20files%20in%20a%20normal%20order!> Many thanks! Yes, it works.
If I start at the GNU home page http://www.gnu.org/ How do I find the FAQs there? There is no clear link to FAQ or 'coreutils' under the 'Software' header in the menu on the right. Is there a main FAQ page that lead to the FAQs of the different packages? Best wishes, Jos. +-------------------------------------------+ | Jos van Geffen [EMAIL PROTECTED] | /\,,,/\ | | ( " " ) | http://www.temis.nl/ | ( ~ ~ ) +-------------------------------------------+ \ >Y< / _ | BIRA-IASB -- Belgian Institute | )_,_( /_\ | for Space Aeronomy | / ' \ // \\ | Ringlaan 3 | ( . . )\\ " | B-1180 Brussels | /\ ) ( /\ \\ | Belgium | ( () () )// | tel.: +32 (0)2 3730 369 (direct) | ( () () )/ | 404 (switchboard) | \_()_()_/' | http://www.aeronomie.be/ | "" "" +-------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | private: http://www.xs4all.nl/~josvg/ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | . _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils