Can't find a file manager that sorts hex-numbered files

[R2D2!]

I have some files, named E000.svg, E001.svg, E002.svg, ... E07D.svg, E07E.svg, E07F.svg . When I open them in Nautilus, and choose the option Sort Alphabetically, they are sorted:

E000.svg
E00A.svg
E00B.svg
E00C.svg
E00D.svg
E00E.svg
E00F.svg
E001.svg
E01A.svg
E01B.svg

and so on. This is totally useless for me, so I searched for a solution in Google, and found lots of bug reports. It looks like it's a “feature” for sorting 10 after 9; but clearly they have forgotten that many people don't like or don't need that option.

Thinking it was a Nautilus thing, I installed Thunar, but it has the exact useless algorithm. And then I installed PCManFM, but it's also the same.

Does anyone have any idea if I can install a file manager that correctly sorts my files? Or will I need to switch to Windows to have it fixed? (not joking here, Windows Explorer doesn't suffer from this feature)

[R2D2!]

This is driving me crazy. I read on other forum that GNOME Commander wasn't affected by this bug, so I installed it, and it still sorts files the wrong way. I'm believing to think this is an Ubuntu-specific bug, but I have no way to confirm, since I don't have installed another distro.

[asmoore82]

That is interesting.

I've done some testing and noticed that for nautilus, the problem
goes away if the name is all spaced out. Here's my testing routine,
you can use the for loop at the end for a workaround:

mkdir test
cd test
touch E0{0,1}{{0..9},{A..F}}.txt
#look in nautilus, screen1
for file in *.*
do
    ext="${file##*.}"
    new="$( echo "${file%.*}" | sed 's/./& /g' )"
    mv -iv "$file" "$new.$ext"
done
#look in nautilus, screen2

[R2D2!]

(duplicate post)

[R2D2!]

Well, that's a dirty fix, and it can cause me problems with my scripts (because of the spaces).

What I really want to know is if this “feature” is Ubuntu-specific, or Gnome-specific, or that those all file managers (so far: Nautilus, Thunar, PCManFM, Gnome Commander) implement it independently.

[asmoore82]

Well, that's a dirty fix,

Not perfect; but not "dirty" either.

it can cause me problems with my scripts (because of the spaces).

If that's the case, you definitely need to tighten up your scripts.
Finding fault with nautilus sorting but knowing that the spaces will
break your scripts is a pot and kettle situation, don't you think?

What I really want to know is if this “feature” is Ubuntu-specific, or Gnome-specific, or that those all file managers (so far: Nautilus, Thunar, PCManFM, Gnome Commander) implement it independently.

I tested this on an aging Fedora box(version 12) - it's the same way.

Here's another dingy () workaround without spaces,
translate the names to decimal!:

for file in E0??.txt
do
    mv -iv "$file" "$(( 0x${file%.txt} )).txt"
done
#sample output
`E007.txt' -> `57351.txt'
`E008.txt' -> `57352.txt'
`E009.txt' -> `57353.txt'
`E00A.txt' -> `57354.txt'
`E00B.txt' -> `57355.txt'
`E00C.txt' -> `57356.txt'
`E00D.txt' -> `57357.txt'
`E00E.txt' -> `57358.txt'

[R2D2!]

(duplicate post)

[R2D2!]

I don't want to sound rude, but none of your solutions addresses the REAL problem: the “smart” sorting algorithm. Of course I can change the name of my files (and fix my scripts), but what would happen when I'm checking somebody else's files (for example, via SAMBA or FTP)? If I don't have permissions on the files, then any of those solutions become useless.

P.S. I won't use decimal. Nobody uses decimal for Unicode (those files are glyphs for a font I'm working on).

[sidzen]

Learn PERL and write your own script!

Start looking

[R2D2!]

Do you want me to write a new file manager from scratch?? That would take me months, if not years. It's easier to fix a bug from an existing program than writing a new one.