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Red Hat Linux v6. 'ls' utility


From: HulmeM
Subject: Red Hat Linux v6. 'ls' utility
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 07:29:34 EDT

ls does not always present files in alphabetical order. For instance, with
files in current directory: a.x, ab.x, ac.x.

$ ls
ab.x
a.x
ac.x

The precise order appears unpredictable, but in almost all cases a.x will NOT
appear as the first file.

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