How to list files in linux shell using `ls` as they are listed in the corresponding folder

Question

I have a problem. When I use only ls command in the shell my files are listed as following (weird):

[HorribleSubs] Fairy Tail - 166 [720p].mkv
[HorribleSubs] Fairy Tail - 16 [720p].mkv
[HorribleSubs] Fairy Tail - 167 [720p].mkv

When I open my folder though, the files are listed like this (preferred):

[HorribleSubs] Fairy Tail - 16 [720p].mkv
...
...
[HorribleSubs] Fairy Tail - 166 [720p].mkv
[HorribleSubs] Fairy Tail - 167 [720p].mkv

How can I use the ls command to list the files in the shell exactly as in the corresponding folder. In the folder it is ordered "By Name".

When I type ls -v the list is as following:

[HorribleSubs] Fairy Tail - 11 [720p].mkv
[HorribleSubs] Fairy Tail - 12 [720p].mkv
[HorribleSubs] Fairy Tail - 13 [720p].mkv
...
...
[HorribleSubs] Fairy Tail - 175 [720p].mkv
[Horriblesubs] Fairy Tail - 01  [720p].mkv
[Horriblesubs] Fairy Tail - 02 [720p].mkv
[Horriblesubs] Fairy Tail - 03 [720p].mkv
[Horriblesubs] Fairy Tail - 04 [720p].mkv
[Horriblesubs] Fairy Tail - 05 [720p].mkv
[Horriblesubs] Fairy Tail - 06 [720p].mkv
[Horriblesubs] Fairy Tail - 07 [720p].mkv
[Horriblesubs] Fairy Tail - 08 [720p].mkv
[Horriblesubs] Fairy Tail - 09 [720p].mkv
[Horriblesubs] Fairy Tail - 10 [720p].mkv

Answer 1

You can use ls -v for "natural sorting"

From the man page:

-v natural sort of (version) numbers within text

Answer 2

With the sort utility the user also has the option of specifying a starting column that is to be used for the sorting. So this command:

ls | sort -k 1.5n

Will sort using the 1st column and the starting at the 5th field. Assuming your files all start with the word file , this should use the number after that word to sort in natural order

Output:

file01.txt
file11.txt
file16.txt
file116.txt
file167.txt

For your new case (Fairy Tail - # [720p].mkv...), try this command:

ls | sort -k4n

Answer 3

you could always pipe the output of any command to the UNIX sort utility, and sort it however you'd like. For instance:

% ls | sort 
file16.txt
file166.txt
file167.txt