[cs631apue] sorting files containing a dot

[Jan Schaumann]

mseaton <mseaton at stevens.edu> wrote:

> I wish I saw your email earlier, I already began implementing such a 
> sort. I pretty much spent a good deal of time last night doing so, it's 
> all good, good practice for myself and also good to perhaps follow what 
> the standard ls does.

The "standard ls" is that which is defined in the POSIX standard:
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/ls.html

I recommend strongly against writing a single line of code that is not
absolutely necessary: chances are, it will introduce bugs.

To quote Ken Thompson:
"One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code."

-Jan