* <> doesn't sort numerically
@ 1995-11-13 4:45 Steven L. Baur
1995-11-13 8:14 ` P.Stephenson
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From: Steven L. Baur @ 1995-11-13 4:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
(zsh 2.6 beta 9).
I've noticed that <> doesn't appear to order the expanded files in
numeric order. Eg. <> in a directory containing 1 2 4 9 24 will
expand as 1 2 24 4 9. This isn't completely useful behavior.
The only workaround I've found is to use a succession of ? ?? ???, etc.
Renaming files is definitely not an option, I'm working with news
spool directories and mh folders.
Has this been fixed in a newer beta?
Regards,
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steve@miranova.com baur
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* Re: <> doesn't sort numerically
1995-11-13 4:45 <> doesn't sort numerically Steven L. Baur
@ 1995-11-13 8:14 ` P.Stephenson
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From: P.Stephenson @ 1995-11-13 8:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Steven L. Baur; +Cc: Zsh users list
steve@miranova.com wrote:
> (zsh 2.6 beta 9).
>
> I've noticed that <> doesn't appear to order the expanded files in
> numeric order. Eg. <> in a directory containing 1 2 4 9 24 will
> expand as 1 2 24 4 9. This isn't completely useful behavior.
> The only workaround I've found is to use a succession of ? ?? ???, etc.
You have to set the option `numericglobsort'. This actually means you
get the same result however the numbers are matched, with * or <> for
example. I think this was some unusual attempt at consistency.
Perhaps it's actually a bit counterintuitive. Would it actually be
more sensible for <> always to produce globbing in numerical order? I
haven't looked at the source but presumably it's not too hard.
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* Re: <> doesn't sort numerically
@ 1995-11-13 18:29 Steven L. Baur
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From: Steven L. Baur @ 1995-11-13 18:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
>>>>> "Peter" == P Stephenson <P.Stephenson@swansea.ac.uk> writes:
Peter> steve@miranova.com wrote:
>> (zsh 2.6 beta 9).
>>
>> I've noticed that <> doesn't appear to order the expanded files
>> in numeric order. Eg. <> in a directory containing 1 2 4 9 24
>> will expand as 1 2 24 4 9. This isn't completely useful
>> behavior. The only workaround I've found is to use a
>> succession of ? ?? ???, etc.
Peter> You have to set the option `numericglobsort'. This
Peter> actually means you get the same result however the numbers
Peter> are matched, with * or <> for example. I think this was
Peter> some unusual attempt at consistency.
O.K. Thanks. The version of the manual I was looking at, made no
mention of this option in the globbing section.
Peter> Perhaps it's actually a bit counterintuitive. Would it
Peter> actually be more sensible for <> always to produce globbing
Peter> in numerical order? I haven't looked at the source but
Peter> presumably it's not too hard.
Yes. Especially since a semi-clueless person could always bruteforce
the current behavior with $(ls <>). Although, I suppose, the same
could be said for $(sort -n <>).
Thank you Thorsten (private mail), and Peter for responding.
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steve@miranova.com baur
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