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Finder sorting different to shell sorting
Incidentally, does it drive anyone else to despair that the Finder doesn't sort files like the shell? In the Finder, files are sorted 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 etc, whereas in any shell I've ever used they're sorted 0,1,10,100,11,12,13,14 and so on. I work with a lot of graphics where order is crucial, and a little bit of consistency would be helpful...anyone have any ideas? Perhaps this is slated to be a preference in Panther?
Finder sorting different to shell sorting
I wouldn't say I despair over it, but I am occasionally tripped up by the difference between the Finder sort order and the shell's--I like the Finder better, since it's designed to sort the way humans would, but I can see why shells and other, less sophisticated computer interfaces sort differently. I think if I had the option to make Finder consistent with the shell's method of sorting, I wouldn't use it often, but when I did, I'd want that to be a per-folder setting... so that I wouldn't upset other folders if I just happened to want *this* folder to sort differently.
Finder sorting different to shell sorting
Try this:
Or:
I just touched 40 sequential files in my /tmp folder and with the ---
Finder sorting different to shell sorting
'ls -v' and 'ls -lv' don't seem to work for me at all; any ideas why?
Finder sorting different to shell sorting
In fact, this is from the manpage for ls:
Finder sorting different to shell sorting - solved, sorta
Thanks for the helpful suggestions...however there still exists a problem in that when recursively processing files using perl and File::Find, they're returned in the default shell order. So if I rename a file in the Finder to insert it in between two existing files, such as calling a file 011 to put it between 01 and 02, they'll be sorted correctly when the perl script runs but not when viewing them in the Finder. If you get me. Anyway, I found that if I named it 01a it'll be sorted identically in both situations. So I've ceased despairing :o) |
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