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Re: ls -la sort order

From	Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: ls -la sort order
Date	2018-10-03 20:10 +0200
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On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 01:51:54PM -0400, Lee wrote:
> I don't think I'll ever get used to that.  I'm just a bit concerned
> that setting LC_COLLATE=C is going to break something & I'll have a
> heck of a time figuring out it was because I changed the sort order.

As a user, it's your prerogative to set your locale variables however
you like.  Setting one of them to C is *always* permitted.

All that matters is what you prefer.

wooledg:~$ printf %s\\n o O oh Ohio ô Ô ó Ó | LC_COLLATE=C sort
O
Ohio
o
oh
Ó
Ô
ó
ô
wooledg:~$ printf %s\\n o O oh Ohio ô Ô ó Ó | LC_COLLATE=en_US.utf8 sort
o
O
ó
Ó
ô
Ô
oh
Ohio

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ls -la sort order Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2018-10-03 17:10 +0200
  Re: ls -la sort order Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-10-03 17:20 +0200
    Re: ls -la sort order Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2018-10-03 18:40 +0200
      Re: ls -la sort order Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-10-03 18:40 +0200
      Re: ls -la sort order Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-10-03 18:50 +0200
        Re: ls -la sort order Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2018-10-03 20:00 +0200
          Re: ls -la sort order Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-10-03 20:10 +0200
            Re: ls -la sort order Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2018-10-03 21:00 +0200
          Re: ls -la sort order Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-10-03 20:10 +0200

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