I have question about sorting files by ls -l. I read in manual that it divides directories and non-directories and sorts them in lexicographic order separately, but run into situation where ls doesn't follow this rule, here is example:
First files, then directories and then files again
Why it displays like this?
The sorting order depends on hosts' locale.
In my Linux host the sorting order is by UTF-8, upper case Letters are before lower case letters.
Suggesting to try:
\ls -l
And check the results.
In most interactive shells. ls is an alias that adds coloring and sorting.
Typing \ls overides the alias
It is possible to inspect the specific alias with
alias ls