Depends on the OS! I know on Windows 10, it will not sort it lexicographically but rather treat it as an integer like you intended. Pretty sure on all my Linux installs, whether KDE or XFCE, they sort as you say though.
I think once you get burned once you build these things into your habits. Keep them even when the whole process has been revamped. Maybe that’s just me.
Typically, whatever I’m doing I have a history of doing before, and can anticipate whether I’ll need <10, <100, etc. folders, and name accordingly.
I also name my month folders “01 - January” and my date folders YYYY.MM.DD so they sort properly. I really hate when people use MM.DD.YY in folder names–or even worse M.D.YY. Fuck those people.
Wow, this is great! Works perfectly if you only care about the order of the files. However, if you wanted e.g. the 238th file or know which index file 99993 is, that’s a bit more of a headache.
You’ll also run into filename length limits quite quickly, since the number of files scales linearly with the number of characters in the filename, compared to exponentially with the 01 method.
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Depends on the OS! I know on Windows 10, it will not sort it lexicographically but rather treat it as an integer like you intended. Pretty sure on all my Linux installs, whether KDE or XFCE, they sort as you say though.
I think once you get burned once you build these things into your habits. Keep them even when the whole process has been revamped. Maybe that’s just me.
Typically, whatever I’m doing I have a history of doing before, and can anticipate whether I’ll need <10, <100, etc. folders, and name accordingly.
I also name my month folders “01 - January” and my date folders YYYY.MM.DD so they sort properly. I really hate when people use MM.DD.YY in folder names–or even worse M.D.YY. Fuck those people.
Or you learn hex and can go to 15 with one digit.
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Wow, this is great! Works perfectly if you only care about the order of the files. However, if you wanted e.g. the 238th file or know which index file 99993 is, that’s a bit more of a headache.
You’ll also run into filename length limits quite quickly, since the number of files scales linearly with the number of characters in the filename, compared to exponentially with the 01 method.
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Who says I can’t use hexatrigesimal?
Nah, too much effort