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Which character should I use in a Windows/Linux directory name to place it at the top of an alphabetically sorted list? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by GardenVarietyAnxiety@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Currently I'm using #, but it causes issues with certain applications.

Example:

#Top Folder
Games
Music
New Folder
Pics

Currently using mostly Windows, but trying to transition to Linux, so a solution that works for both would be perfect.

Thanks, Lemmy!

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[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 25 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Generally underscore _ works best for this, and should be viable for both OSes.

[–] lemmyman@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Personally, my brain manages to filter out anything with a leading underscore (I don't know the origin offhand, I think some system I worked with at some point used those on files that I knew I didn't care about). So when coworkers use leading underscores it slows me down a bit.

It does work though

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Yes, underscores or leading digits (for ordering eg. 000_ 001_ 002_) works well.