Sort in .bashrc

Kanon · 03-06-2005, 02:21 PM

Im trying to setup .bashrc so I can put it in skel. But first I want to have it so "normal" ppl (aka windows users) can read the out put. So what I was thinking is to set it up so it lists this in order, dir then files. But also alphabeticaly.

So far I can do either ls -la (then I got sort) or ls -Ula (then I got dirs first, unsorted).
I did check the man pages. Could not figure out who to accomplish this, so Im asking here...

Any one care to give me a hint? Thanks!

Dark_Helmet · 03-06-2005, 03:24 PM

I don't know of any option to accomplish what you're shooting for. This might do what you need:

Code:

alias dir='ls -lA | grep "^d" | sort -k 9; ls -lA | grep -v "^d" | grep -v "^total" | sort -k 9'

There may be other, more efficient ways of doing it.

Kanon · 03-07-2005, 02:40 AM

Yeah! That works!

Thanks!!!

Edit: How do I get the colors to work with this?

Dark_Helmet · 03-07-2005, 11:51 AM

I'm not sure that you can. The output of "ls" is being fed through other commands, and they are likely stripping off the special character sequences that denote color changes.

Kanon · 03-07-2005, 12:56 PM

Its looking good anyhow! Thanks alot!