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Random sort-order in du

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Message #18 received at 28657-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: Holger Klene <h.klene <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 28657-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28657: Random sort-order in du
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2017 15:45:49 -0600

tag 28657 notabug
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Hello,


On 2017-09-30 03:41 PM, Holger Klene wrote:
> * Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com> [30.09.17 15:08]:
>> But if you use shell-globbing, the shell will automatically
>> order the directory alphabetically:
> 
>> $ du -c -hd1 data/*
>  
> 
> Who would have thought of passing multiple directories ...
> 
> This is the solution to my problem, though I better write it down to not
> forget, as I'm quite sure, I'll not remember it in a month :-)
>

Thank you for confirming.

I'm thus marking this bug report as "done", but discussion can continue
by replying to this thread.

regards,
 - assaf

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