Re: ls -- sort directories over files

[Bauke Jan Douma]

Trans wrote on 07-04-08 06:12:
> Okay. I can't help but sound a little bit like an ass on this one...
>
> I just can't believe that after all this time I still can't run ls and
> get a listing sorted directories before files. I've been waiting for
> this option for years. I've always thought, surely someone would get
> around to it eventually. After all. it has to be the most obvious
> directory sorting in the bloody universe. As is made dumbfoundingly
> evident by the default behavior of every graphical file browser known
> to man.
>
> Once more, there is even a patch floating around out there for this.
> It's been over a year since I last dug it up, but I'll dig it up again
> if need be. I suspect however, that this is a very simple fix for
> someone who knows a little about the innards of the coreutils.
>
> Please, can we put this simple little annoyance to rest once and for
> all?
>
> Thanks,
> Trans

I suppose your little annoyance really enjoyed your
cultivation of it, but the simple facts are:

$> /bin/ls  -la --group-directories-first /usr/src/linux/
total 41204
drwxrwxr-x 20 root root    4096 Mar  4 07:08 .
drwx--x--x 14 root root    4096 Apr  7 20:36 ..
drwx--x--x  2 root root   16384 Feb 24 13:32 .tmp_versions
drwxrwxr-x 68 root root    8192 Feb 12 08:41 Documentation
drwxrwxr-x 27 root root    4096 Dec 18 22:55 arch
drwxrwxr-x  2 root root    4096 Feb 24 00:40 block
drwxrwxr-x  3 root root   12288 Feb 24 10:26 crypto
drwxrwxr-x 72 root root    4096 Feb 24 13:31 drivers
drwxrwxr-x 62 root root    8192 Feb 24 10:26 fs
drwxrwxr-x 44 root root    4096 Feb 24 13:28 include
drwxrwxr-x  2 root root    4096 Feb 24 13:31 init
drwxrwxr-x  2 root root    4096 Feb 24 00:40 ipc
drwxrwxr-x  5 root root    8192 Feb 24 13:31 kernel
drwxrwxr-x  6 root root    8192 Feb 24 10:26 lib
drwxrwxr-x  2 root root    4096 Feb 24 00:40 mm
drwxrwxr-x 42 root root    4096 Feb 24 00:43 net
drwxrwxr-x  9 root root    4096 Dec 24 18:32 scripts
drwxrwxr-x  4 root root    4096 Feb 24 10:27 security
drwxrwxr-x 19 root root    4096 Feb 24 10:27 sound
drwxrwxr-x  3 root root    4096 Dec 24 18:32 usr
-rw-------  1 root root     523 Feb 24 13:31 ..tmp_kallsyms1.o.cmd
-rw-------  1 root root     523 Feb 24 13:31 ..tmp_kallsyms2.o.cmd
-rw-------  1 root root     662 Feb 24 13:31 ..tmp_vmlinux1.cmd
-rw-------  1 root root     678 Feb 24 13:31 ..tmp_vmlinux2.cmd
-rw-------  1 root root   60573 Feb 24 13:30 .config
-rw-------  1 root root   58531 Feb 24 13:28 .config.old
-rw-rw-r--  1 root root     607 Dec 18 22:55 .gitignore
-rw-rw-r--  1 root root    3657 Dec 18 22:55 .mailmap
-rw-------  1 root root      70 Feb 24 13:31 .missing-syscalls.d
-rw-------  1 root root  995847 Feb 24 13:31 .tmp_System.map
-rw-------  1 root root 1287320 Feb 24 13:31 .tmp_kallsyms1.S
-rw-------  1 root root  320164 Feb 24 13:31 .tmp_kallsyms1.o
-rw-------  1 root root 1287320 Feb 24 13:31 .tmp_kallsyms2.S
-rw-------  1 root root  320164 Feb 24 13:31 .tmp_kallsyms2.o
-rwx--x--x  1 root root 5269187 Feb 24 13:31 .tmp_vmlinux1
-rwx--x--x  1 root root 5474020 Feb 24 13:31 .tmp_vmlinux2
-rw-------  1 root root       2 Feb 24 13:31 .version
-rw-------  1 root root     666 Feb 24 13:31 .vmlinux.cmd
-rw-------  1 root root     640 Feb 24 13:31 .vmlinux.o.cmd
-rw-rw-r--  1 root root   18693 Dec 18 22:55 COPYING
-rw-rw-r--  1 root root   91484 Dec 18 22:55 CREDITS
-rw-rw-r--  1 root root    1581 Dec 18 22:55 Kbuild
-rw-rw-r--  1 root root   93316 Dec 18 22:55 MAINTAINERS
-rw-rw-r--  1 root root   51310 Dec 18 22:55 Makefile
-rw-------  1 root root  296837 Feb 24 13:32 Module.symvers
-rw-rw-r--  1 root root   16930 Dec 18 22:55 README
-rw-rw-r--  1 root root    3119 Dec 18 22:55 REPORTING-BUGS
-rw-------  1 root root  995847 Feb 24 13:31 System.map
-rw-------  2 root root 2118104 Feb 24 13:31 bzImage
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      13 Mar  8 12:54 make.res -> make.res.3964
-rw-------  1 root root  410688 Feb 24 13:35 make.res.3964
-rwx--x--x  1 root root 5474020 Feb 24 13:31 vmlinux
-rw-------  1 root root 6584541 Feb 24 13:31 vmlinux.o

$> /bin/ls --version
ls (GNU coreutils) 6.9.91
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Richard Stallman and David MacKenzie.