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Hi, I have a folder that contains one folder for each month. "January" "February" etc. The problem is they are automatically arranged in alphabetical order. Is there any way I ...
  1. 07-10-2008 #1
    andres625
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    Arraging Folders

    Hi,

    I have a folder that contains one folder for each month. "January" "February" etc. The problem is they are automatically arranged in alphabetical order. Is there any way I can change that so the default arrangement can follow the regular order of the months? will that order change if another user accesses that folder?

    Thanx in advance!
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  2. 07-10-2008 #2
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    The only way would be name them:

    01_January
    02_February
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    If want want by year as well something like the following may work

    01_08_January
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    If you want it by year as well then it is better to use year first

    08_01_january
    08_02_february
    ...
    09_01_january
    09_02_february
    ...

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    Thanx for the replies!

    I have another problem now. I have one folder for each day of the month. "1" "2" "3" etc. However, it is arranged "1", "10", "11", instead of the normal 1,2,3 order. What can I do now?

    Once again, thanks for your help!
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    The 1,2,3,... have to be 01,02,03,...
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    Although the shell and most utilities will sort them, you could get the day names in numerical order by
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    ls | sort -n
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