sorting and the underscore character

[EugenZ]

When sorting files it seems that Linux (or at least the ls command), unlike Windows, ignores the underescore character. For example. ls diplayes "a" then "_b" then "c", while Windows first displays "_b" then "a" then "c". Can somebody tell me why is that and how could I obtain the other behaviour?

Thanks.

[cyberinstru]

Use the option

--sort=none

with ls.

For ex:

ls -l --sort=none

will do.

[EugenZ]

Yes... but I want them sorted in lexicographic order (_<a<b<...). I don't understand why 'ls' ignores the underscore.

[cyberinstru]

piping the output of 'ls' to 'sort' will do... but not in lexical order as u want...