Re: Sorting alphabetically

[Maxim Yegorushkin]

Anoneironaut wrote:
> Hey guys.  I'm trying to sort a long list of files in alphabetical order. 
> All of the files are case sensitive so I can't change the names at all. 
> I've tried using the GNU sort function but it sorts things based on their
> ASCII value and not alphabetically.  So for example with a list like this:
>
> A aa B bb
>
> I get:
>
> A B a b
>
> when I really want:
>
> A aa B bb
>
> Is it possible for me to do this?

Huh?

$ echo -e "A\nB\naa\nbb\n" | sort

A
aa
B
bb

You might have better luck asking in comp.unix.shell.