How to sort the output of `ls`?

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alhelal@VimLaTeX:~/Dropbox/Apps/Overleaf/Titlepage$ ls
allTitlepage.pdf titlepage_12.pdf titlepage_19.tex titlepage_26.pdf titlepage_32.tex titlepage_4.tex
allTitlepage.tex titlepage_12.tex titlepage_1.pdf titlepage_26.tex titlepage_33.pdf titlepage_5.pdf
assignment.pdf titlepage_13.pdf titlepage_1.tex titlepage_27.pdf titlepage_34.pdf titlepage_5.tex
assignment.tex titlepage_13.tex titlepage_20.pdf titlepage_27.tex titlepage_34.tex titlepage_6.pdf
graphicsAssignment2.pdf titlepage_14.pdf titlepage_20.tex titlepage_28.pdf titlepage_35.pdf titlepage_6.tex
graphicsAssignment2.tex titlepage_14.tex titlepage_21.pdf titlepage_28.tex titlepage_35.tex titlepage_7.pdf
README.md titlepage_15.pdf titlepage_21.tex titlepage_29.pdf titlepage_36.pdf titlepage_7.tex
thesisTitlepage.pdf titlepage_15.tex titlepage_22.pdf titlepage_29.tex titlepage_36.tex titlepage_8.pdf
thesisTitlepage.tex titlepage_16.pdf titlepage_22.tex titlepage_2.pdf titlepage_37.pdf titlepage_8.tex
titlepage_0.pdf titlepage_16.tex titlepage_23.pdf titlepage_2.tex titlepage_37.tex titlepage_9.pdf
titlepage_0.tex titlepage_17.pdf titlepage_23.tex titlepage_30.pdf titlepage_38.pdf titlepage_9.tex
titlepage_10.pdf titlepage_17.tex titlepage_24.pdf titlepage_30.tex titlepage_38.tex titlepage_one.pdf
titlepage_10.tex titlepage_18.pdf titlepage_24.tex titlepage_31.pdf titlepage_3.pdf titlepage_one.tex
titlepage_11.pdf titlepage_18.tex titlepage_25.pdf titlepage_31.tex titlepage_3.tex titlepage_two.tex
titlepage_11.tex titlepage_19.pdf titlepage_25.tex titlepage_32.pdf titlepage_4.pdf
alhelal@VimLaTeX:~/Dropbox/Apps/Overleaf/Titlepage$ 

Is it possible to view the output with sorted(titlepage_1.pdf should before of titlepage_19.pdf).

ls

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alhelal@VimLaTeX:~/Dropbox/Apps/Overleaf/Titlepage$ ls
allTitlepage.pdf titlepage_12.pdf titlepage_19.tex titlepage_26.pdf titlepage_32.tex titlepage_4.tex
allTitlepage.tex titlepage_12.tex titlepage_1.pdf titlepage_26.tex titlepage_33.pdf titlepage_5.pdf
assignment.pdf titlepage_13.pdf titlepage_1.tex titlepage_27.pdf titlepage_34.pdf titlepage_5.tex
assignment.tex titlepage_13.tex titlepage_20.pdf titlepage_27.tex titlepage_34.tex titlepage_6.pdf
graphicsAssignment2.pdf titlepage_14.pdf titlepage_20.tex titlepage_28.pdf titlepage_35.pdf titlepage_6.tex
graphicsAssignment2.tex titlepage_14.tex titlepage_21.pdf titlepage_28.tex titlepage_35.tex titlepage_7.pdf
README.md titlepage_15.pdf titlepage_21.tex titlepage_29.pdf titlepage_36.pdf titlepage_7.tex
thesisTitlepage.pdf titlepage_15.tex titlepage_22.pdf titlepage_29.tex titlepage_36.tex titlepage_8.pdf
thesisTitlepage.tex titlepage_16.pdf titlepage_22.tex titlepage_2.pdf titlepage_37.pdf titlepage_8.tex
titlepage_0.pdf titlepage_16.tex titlepage_23.pdf titlepage_2.tex titlepage_37.tex titlepage_9.pdf
titlepage_0.tex titlepage_17.pdf titlepage_23.tex titlepage_30.pdf titlepage_38.pdf titlepage_9.tex
titlepage_10.pdf titlepage_17.tex titlepage_24.pdf titlepage_30.tex titlepage_38.tex titlepage_one.pdf
titlepage_10.tex titlepage_18.pdf titlepage_24.tex titlepage_31.pdf titlepage_3.pdf titlepage_one.tex
titlepage_11.pdf titlepage_18.tex titlepage_25.pdf titlepage_31.tex titlepage_3.tex titlepage_two.tex
titlepage_11.tex titlepage_19.pdf titlepage_25.tex titlepage_32.pdf titlepage_4.pdf
alhelal@VimLaTeX:~/Dropbox/Apps/Overleaf/Titlepage$ 

Is it possible to view the output with sorted(titlepage_1.pdf should before of titlepage_19.pdf).

ls

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alhelal@VimLaTeX:~/Dropbox/Apps/Overleaf/Titlepage$ ls
allTitlepage.pdf titlepage_12.pdf titlepage_19.tex titlepage_26.pdf titlepage_32.tex titlepage_4.tex
allTitlepage.tex titlepage_12.tex titlepage_1.pdf titlepage_26.tex titlepage_33.pdf titlepage_5.pdf
assignment.pdf titlepage_13.pdf titlepage_1.tex titlepage_27.pdf titlepage_34.pdf titlepage_5.tex
assignment.tex titlepage_13.tex titlepage_20.pdf titlepage_27.tex titlepage_34.tex titlepage_6.pdf
graphicsAssignment2.pdf titlepage_14.pdf titlepage_20.tex titlepage_28.pdf titlepage_35.pdf titlepage_6.tex
graphicsAssignment2.tex titlepage_14.tex titlepage_21.pdf titlepage_28.tex titlepage_35.tex titlepage_7.pdf
README.md titlepage_15.pdf titlepage_21.tex titlepage_29.pdf titlepage_36.pdf titlepage_7.tex
thesisTitlepage.pdf titlepage_15.tex titlepage_22.pdf titlepage_29.tex titlepage_36.tex titlepage_8.pdf
thesisTitlepage.tex titlepage_16.pdf titlepage_22.tex titlepage_2.pdf titlepage_37.pdf titlepage_8.tex
titlepage_0.pdf titlepage_16.tex titlepage_23.pdf titlepage_2.tex titlepage_37.tex titlepage_9.pdf
titlepage_0.tex titlepage_17.pdf titlepage_23.tex titlepage_30.pdf titlepage_38.pdf titlepage_9.tex
titlepage_10.pdf titlepage_17.tex titlepage_24.pdf titlepage_30.tex titlepage_38.tex titlepage_one.pdf
titlepage_10.tex titlepage_18.pdf titlepage_24.tex titlepage_31.pdf titlepage_3.pdf titlepage_one.tex
titlepage_11.pdf titlepage_18.tex titlepage_25.pdf titlepage_31.tex titlepage_3.tex titlepage_two.tex
titlepage_11.tex titlepage_19.pdf titlepage_25.tex titlepage_32.pdf titlepage_4.pdf
alhelal@VimLaTeX:~/Dropbox/Apps/Overleaf/Titlepage$ 

Is it possible to view the output with sorted(titlepage_1.pdf should before of titlepage_19.pdf).

ls

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alhelal@VimLaTeX:~/Dropbox/Apps/Overleaf/Titlepage$ ls
allTitlepage.pdf titlepage_12.pdf titlepage_19.tex titlepage_26.pdf titlepage_32.tex titlepage_4.tex
allTitlepage.tex titlepage_12.tex titlepage_1.pdf titlepage_26.tex titlepage_33.pdf titlepage_5.pdf
assignment.pdf titlepage_13.pdf titlepage_1.tex titlepage_27.pdf titlepage_34.pdf titlepage_5.tex
assignment.tex titlepage_13.tex titlepage_20.pdf titlepage_27.tex titlepage_34.tex titlepage_6.pdf
graphicsAssignment2.pdf titlepage_14.pdf titlepage_20.tex titlepage_28.pdf titlepage_35.pdf titlepage_6.tex
graphicsAssignment2.tex titlepage_14.tex titlepage_21.pdf titlepage_28.tex titlepage_35.tex titlepage_7.pdf
README.md titlepage_15.pdf titlepage_21.tex titlepage_29.pdf titlepage_36.pdf titlepage_7.tex
thesisTitlepage.pdf titlepage_15.tex titlepage_22.pdf titlepage_29.tex titlepage_36.tex titlepage_8.pdf
thesisTitlepage.tex titlepage_16.pdf titlepage_22.tex titlepage_2.pdf titlepage_37.pdf titlepage_8.tex
titlepage_0.pdf titlepage_16.tex titlepage_23.pdf titlepage_2.tex titlepage_37.tex titlepage_9.pdf
titlepage_0.tex titlepage_17.pdf titlepage_23.tex titlepage_30.pdf titlepage_38.pdf titlepage_9.tex
titlepage_10.pdf titlepage_17.tex titlepage_24.pdf titlepage_30.tex titlepage_38.tex titlepage_one.pdf
titlepage_10.tex titlepage_18.pdf titlepage_24.tex titlepage_31.pdf titlepage_3.pdf titlepage_one.tex
titlepage_11.pdf titlepage_18.tex titlepage_25.pdf titlepage_31.tex titlepage_3.tex titlepage_two.tex
titlepage_11.tex titlepage_19.pdf titlepage_25.tex titlepage_32.pdf titlepage_4.pdf
alhelal@VimLaTeX:~/Dropbox/Apps/Overleaf/Titlepage$ 

Is it possible to view the output with sorted(titlepage_1.pdf should before of titlepage_19.pdf).

ls

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Use the option -v (natural sort of (version) numbers within text)

ls -v

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The output is sorted. According to the sort manpage:

Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuvSUX nor --sort is
specified.

But if you want to go further, you have at least two options:

1. man ls tells you about a number of switches you can use to sort, specifically, the ls man page says: 'none (-U), size (-S), time (-t), version (-v), extension (-X)'




2. You could use a pipe | to send the output to another command, for example the command sort which you could use to sort in a number of other ways, as in ls -1 | sort -n which is useful if you have numbered files.

Equally, you can manipulate the output to aid with sorting by using things like sed or awk.

There are plenty of ways to answer this sort of* question. You may find a linux shell tutorial helpful.

*(See what I did there? :-p)

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As already pointed out in a comment, the output is already sorted, but by characters, not numbers.
You may want to pipe the output of ls through sort which has a switch to sort by numbers within strings:

ls | sort --version-sort

From the manpage:

-V, --version-sort
 natural sort of (version) numbers within text

Downside: When we issue ls then it outputs the files in a table with as many columns as fit on the current screen (just like you showed in your post). But when ls notices that its output is redirected to a file or to a pipe (as in ls | sort) then ls prints the files in just one column because it then assumes the output is to be processed line-by-line (aka file-by-file) by some other program (like sort). So the output of ls | sort -V will be in one column instead of in a table with multiple columns. See @vijay's simple but perfect answer for how to avoid that.

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Use the option -v (natural sort of (version) numbers within text)

ls -v

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answered 29 mins ago

Vijay

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up vote
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Use the option -v (natural sort of (version) numbers within text)

ls -v

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answered 29 mins ago

Vijay

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up vote
4
down vote

up vote
4
down vote

Use the option -v (natural sort of (version) numbers within text)

ls -v

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answered 29 mins ago

Vijay

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Use the option -v (natural sort of (version) numbers within text)

ls -v

share|improve this answer

answered 29 mins ago

Vijay

192113

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share|improve this answer

answered 29 mins ago

Vijay

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answered 29 mins ago

Vijay

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answered 29 mins ago

Vijay

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The output is sorted. According to the sort manpage:

Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuvSUX nor --sort is
specified.

But if you want to go further, you have at least two options:

1. man ls tells you about a number of switches you can use to sort, specifically, the ls man page says: 'none (-U), size (-S), time (-t), version (-v), extension (-X)'




2. You could use a pipe | to send the output to another command, for example the command sort which you could use to sort in a number of other ways, as in ls -1 | sort -n which is useful if you have numbered files.

Equally, you can manipulate the output to aid with sorting by using things like sed or awk.

There are plenty of ways to answer this sort of* question. You may find a linux shell tutorial helpful.

*(See what I did there? :-p)

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answered 30 mins ago

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1
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The output is sorted. According to the sort manpage:

Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuvSUX nor --sort is
specified.

But if you want to go further, you have at least two options:

1. man ls tells you about a number of switches you can use to sort, specifically, the ls man page says: 'none (-U), size (-S), time (-t), version (-v), extension (-X)'




2. You could use a pipe | to send the output to another command, for example the command sort which you could use to sort in a number of other ways, as in ls -1 | sort -n which is useful if you have numbered files.

Equally, you can manipulate the output to aid with sorting by using things like sed or awk.

There are plenty of ways to answer this sort of* question. You may find a linux shell tutorial helpful.

*(See what I did there? :-p)

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answered 30 mins ago

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up vote
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up vote
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The output is sorted. According to the sort manpage:

Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuvSUX nor --sort is
specified.

But if you want to go further, you have at least two options:

1. man ls tells you about a number of switches you can use to sort, specifically, the ls man page says: 'none (-U), size (-S), time (-t), version (-v), extension (-X)'




2. You could use a pipe | to send the output to another command, for example the command sort which you could use to sort in a number of other ways, as in ls -1 | sort -n which is useful if you have numbered files.

Equally, you can manipulate the output to aid with sorting by using things like sed or awk.

There are plenty of ways to answer this sort of* question. You may find a linux shell tutorial helpful.

*(See what I did there? :-p)

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answered 30 mins ago

tudor

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The output is sorted. According to the sort manpage:

Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuvSUX nor --sort is
specified.

But if you want to go further, you have at least two options:

1. man ls tells you about a number of switches you can use to sort, specifically, the ls man page says: 'none (-U), size (-S), time (-t), version (-v), extension (-X)'




2. You could use a pipe | to send the output to another command, for example the command sort which you could use to sort in a number of other ways, as in ls -1 | sort -n which is useful if you have numbered files.

Equally, you can manipulate the output to aid with sorting by using things like sed or awk.

There are plenty of ways to answer this sort of* question. You may find a linux shell tutorial helpful.

*(See what I did there? :-p)

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As already pointed out in a comment, the output is already sorted, but by characters, not numbers.
You may want to pipe the output of ls through sort which has a switch to sort by numbers within strings:

ls | sort --version-sort

From the manpage:

-V, --version-sort
 natural sort of (version) numbers within text

Downside: When we issue ls then it outputs the files in a table with as many columns as fit on the current screen (just like you showed in your post). But when ls notices that its output is redirected to a file or to a pipe (as in ls | sort) then ls prints the files in just one column because it then assumes the output is to be processed line-by-line (aka file-by-file) by some other program (like sort). So the output of ls | sort -V will be in one column instead of in a table with multiple columns. See @vijay's simple but perfect answer for how to avoid that.

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As already pointed out in a comment, the output is already sorted, but by characters, not numbers.
You may want to pipe the output of ls through sort which has a switch to sort by numbers within strings:

ls | sort --version-sort

From the manpage:

-V, --version-sort
 natural sort of (version) numbers within text

Downside: When we issue ls then it outputs the files in a table with as many columns as fit on the current screen (just like you showed in your post). But when ls notices that its output is redirected to a file or to a pipe (as in ls | sort) then ls prints the files in just one column because it then assumes the output is to be processed line-by-line (aka file-by-file) by some other program (like sort). So the output of ls | sort -V will be in one column instead of in a table with multiple columns. See @vijay's simple but perfect answer for how to avoid that.

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As already pointed out in a comment, the output is already sorted, but by characters, not numbers.
You may want to pipe the output of ls through sort which has a switch to sort by numbers within strings:

ls | sort --version-sort

From the manpage:

-V, --version-sort
 natural sort of (version) numbers within text

Downside: When we issue ls then it outputs the files in a table with as many columns as fit on the current screen (just like you showed in your post). But when ls notices that its output is redirected to a file or to a pipe (as in ls | sort) then ls prints the files in just one column because it then assumes the output is to be processed line-by-line (aka file-by-file) by some other program (like sort). So the output of ls | sort -V will be in one column instead of in a table with multiple columns. See @vijay's simple but perfect answer for how to avoid that.

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answered 26 mins ago

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As already pointed out in a comment, the output is already sorted, but by characters, not numbers.
You may want to pipe the output of ls through sort which has a switch to sort by numbers within strings:

ls | sort --version-sort

From the manpage:

-V, --version-sort
 natural sort of (version) numbers within text

Downside: When we issue ls then it outputs the files in a table with as many columns as fit on the current screen (just like you showed in your post). But when ls notices that its output is redirected to a file or to a pipe (as in ls | sort) then ls prints the files in just one column because it then assumes the output is to be processed line-by-line (aka file-by-file) by some other program (like sort). So the output of ls | sort -V will be in one column instead of in a table with multiple columns. See @vijay's simple but perfect answer for how to avoid that.

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