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Sorting

Sort option

--sort=order
sort by field, default: ascending and case insensitive.
available fields:
  • nature(default)
  • none(nosort)
  • name
  • .name(sorts by name without a leading dot)
  • size
  • time
  • owner
  • group
  • extension
  • width
  • inode
  • mimetype
field beginning with Uppercase is case sensitive use field followed by '-descend' to sort in descending order

combined

eg: --sort=ext,size-descend,Name
it will sort entries by extension first, for those having the same extension, comparing their size, if two have the same size, comparing their name( case sensitive)

nature sort

nature sort
type
Priority
hidden directory
0
directory
1
files
2
link
3
name
4

Dir first

List directories before other files
--dir-first

Others

Please refer to man page or try --help