So here is the problem;

Create a directoy and add files (or directories) to it with the following names:

-bbbbb.bla
aaaaaa.bla
ccccccc.bla

Now 'ls' it.
You will see the files in the following order:

aaaaaa.bla
-bbbbb.bla
ccccccc.bla

This is NOT an alphabetical sort, as the '-' character does not belong between the 'a' and 'c' caracters.
Why is this? Can you turn this wierd feature off? Can you get a truely alphabetical sort (in the commandline AND in Konqueror)?
I know that starting a filename with a '-' is a very bad practice but the file list I want to browse is not mine nor is it maintained by me.

Thanx alot in advance!

It probably depends on your locale setting. I was able to recreate the situation you described, and saw the "LC_ALL=C" message in the sort man page. Try this at a command prompt and see what you get:
It changed the output on my end to put the dashed filename before that aaaaaa.bla filename.

Nope... I see
$ ls -1
-bbbbb.bla
aaaaaa.bla
ccccccc.bla


Cheers,
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