LS Command Sorting
If you are looking for sorting your ls command output on terminal by file names in ascending or descending order (Linux, Unix, macOS or Bash terminal), you would need to make use of sort command with ls
Syntax for ls sorting:ls -l | sort -> sorts in alphabetical order A-Zls -l | sort -r -> sorts in alphabetically reverse order Z-Als command without any sorting
$ ls -l
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 china.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 denmark.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 germany.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 india.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 japan.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 java.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 newzeland.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 php.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 poland.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 sweden.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 uk.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 usa.txtls command with alphabetical order sorting (acending)
$ ls -l | sort
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 china.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 denmark.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 germany.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 india.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 japan.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 java.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 newzeland.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 php.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 poland.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 sweden.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 uk.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 usa.txt
total 0ls command with alphabetical reverse order sorting (descending)
$ ls -l | sort -r
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 usa.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 uk.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 sweden.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 poland.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 php.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 newzeland.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 java.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 japan.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 india.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 germany.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 denmark.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 linuxBox 197121 0 Aug 22 15:24 china.txtComments:
- This was really useful - Thanks
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