Computer sort sequences
Sort order of characters in Windows and how you name your
files determines how the files show up in Explorer Windows:
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NEVER USE SPECIAL CHARACTERS THAT HAVE SPECIAL MEANINGS:
? * % # < > | \ / @ ~ ^ " ' : ; = +
It is generally ok to use under-score, dash or hyphen,
period, exclamation point, space:
_ - . ! blank-space
- The number of digits is significant when sorting
filenames that contain numbers:
WINDOWS COMPARES DIGITS STARTING WITH LEFTMOST DIGIT
10 < 2
So if want numbers to sort properly use same number of
digits for all and fill unused digits with 0
00002 > 00010
- For dates to sort in chronological order use YYYYMMDD
(4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day)
20030521 for May 21, 2003
MONTH-DAY-YEAR ORDER YEAR-MONTH-DAY ORDER
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01012000 20000101
01012001 20000121
01212000 20001226
12012003 20010101
12262000 20031201
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- Letters are not case sensitive in Windows but in some
other operating systems (such as UNIX Web servers) they are.
This can
be a factor if you create Web pages on your PC and then
upload them to a UNIX server such as RootsWeb - links work
on your PC but not on RootsWeb when the case of the filename
does not match the case of the link.
WINDOWS UNIX
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aAtemp1 aAtemp1
Abtemp2 aCtemp3
aCtemp3 Abtemp2
bxxxxxx bxxxxxx
WINDOWS SORT FILE NAME EXAMPLE
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!temp2.txt
_temp1.txt
1_CD_books_gene.htm
1_GENE_BUY.txt
Aatemp4.htm
Aatemp4.txt
abbreviations_symbols.txt
Atemp3.txt
gene_sw_misc.txt
UShis.html
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