Re: Feature request: add option to show directories first

[Eric Blake]

[The fact that you sent this request to the old bug-fileutils list instead
of bug-coreutils makes me wonder if you have the latest version of
coreutils.  However, your request is still not present in CVS coreutils.]

> Hi,
>     I think that an option which lets the user to see the usual file listing 
> sorted 
> alphabetically, but with directory entries grouped before the files, would be 
> very useful.

You are not the first to request this feature.  The problem is that no
one has been bothered enough by the lack of this feature to actually
contribute a patch.

Things to think about - how would this option interact with other
sort options?  For example, I think that the combination of
the proposed --directories-first (or whatever it gets spelled as)
alongside --sort=size would treat directories as a primary
sort key and size as a secondary sort key.  Is there ever any
use for having another sort be the primary key and directory
status being the second key?

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Eric Blake