address@hidden ~]$ export LC_ALL='C'
address@hidden ~]$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="C"
LC_NUMERIC="C"
LC_TIME="C"
LC_COLLATE="C"
LC_MONETARY="C"
LC_MESSAGES="C"
LC_PAPER="C"
LC_NAME="C"
LC_ADDRESS="C"
LC_TELEPHONE="C"
LC_MEASUREMENT="C"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="C"
LC_ALL=C

address@hidden ~]$ ls -Asl /tmp |sort -k11 -k7M -k8n -k9,10
total 44
4 drwx------. 2 WFUser WFUser 4096 Nov  9 17:39 .esd-500
4 drwx------. 2 WFUser WFUser 4096 Nov  9 17:39 pulse-g9SlRO3UEqGg
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:14 .tc
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:14 .tc2
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:15 .tc4
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:18 .tc3
4 drwxrwxrwt. 2 root   root   4096 Nov 19 16:05 .ICE-unix
4 -r--r--r--. 1 root   root     11 Nov 19 16:05 .X0-lock
4 drwxrwxrwt. 2 root   root   4096 Nov 19 16:05 .X11-unix
4 drwx------. 2 gdm    gdm    4096 Nov 19 16:05 pulse-Jkx9hhtHj4dy
4 drwx------. 2 gdm    gdm    4096 Nov 19 16:06 orbit-gdm
address@hidden ~]$
Incorrect

address@hidden ~]$ ls -Asl /tmp |sort -k11 -k7M -k8n -k9
total 44
4 drwx------. 2 WFUser WFUser 4096 Nov  9 17:39 .esd-500
4 drwx------. 2 WFUser WFUser 4096 Nov  9 17:39 pulse-g9SlRO3UEqGg
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:14 .tc
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:14 .tc2
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:15 .tc4
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:18 .tc3
4 drwxrwxrwt. 2 root   root   4096 Nov 19 16:05 .ICE-unix
4 -r--r--r--. 1 root   root     11 Nov 19 16:05 .X0-lock
4 drwxrwxrwt. 2 root   root   4096 Nov 19 16:05 .X11-unix
4 drwx------. 2 gdm    gdm    4096 Nov 19 16:05 pulse-Jkx9hhtHj4dy
4 drwx------. 2 gdm    gdm    4096 Nov 19 16:06 orbit-gdm
address@hidden ~]$
Incorrect

address@hidden ~]$ ls -Asl /tmp |sort -k7M -k8n -k9,10
total 44
4 drwx------. 2 WFUser WFUser 4096 Nov  9 17:39 .esd-500
4 drwx------. 2 WFUser WFUser 4096 Nov  9 17:39 pulse-g9SlRO3UEqGg
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:14 .tc
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:14 .tc2
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:15 .tc4
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:18 .tc3
4 drwxrwxrwt. 2 root   root   4096 Nov 19 16:05 .ICE-unix
4 -r--r--r--. 1 root   root     11 Nov 19 16:05 .X0-lock
4 drwxrwxrwt. 2 root   root   4096 Nov 19 16:05 .X11-unix
4 drwx------. 2 gdm    gdm    4096 Nov 19 16:05 pulse-Jkx9hhtHj4dy
4 drwx------. 2 gdm    gdm    4096 Nov 19 16:06 orbit-gdm
Correct: Sort by time 

address@hidden ~]$ ls -Asl /tmp |sort -k11 -k7M -k8n -k9,10
total 44
4 drwx------. 2 WFUser WFUser 4096 Nov  9 17:39 .esd-500
4 drwx------. 2 WFUser WFUser 4096 Nov  9 17:39 pulse-g9SlRO3UEqGg
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:14 .tc
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:14 .tc2
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:15 .tc4
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:18 .tc3
4 drwxrwxrwt. 2 root   root   4096 Nov 19 16:05 .ICE-unix
4 -r--r--r--. 1 root   root     11 Nov 19 16:05 .X0-lock
4 drwxrwxrwt. 2 root   root   4096 Nov 19 16:05 .X11-unix
4 drwx------. 2 gdm    gdm    4096 Nov 19 16:05 pulse-Jkx9hhtHj4dy
4 drwx------. 2 gdm    gdm    4096 Nov 19 16:06 orbit-gdm
address@hidden ~]$
Sort by filename and dat time
Incorrect

address@hidden ~]$ ls -Asl --time-style=long-iso /tmp | env LC_ALL=C sort -k9,9 -k7,8
total 44
4 drwxrwxrwt. 2 root   root   4096 2012-11-19 16:05 .ICE-unix
4 -r--r--r--. 1 root   root     11 2012-11-19 16:05 .X0-lock
4 drwxrwxrwt. 2 root   root   4096 2012-11-19 16:05 .X11-unix
4 drwx------. 2 WFUser WFUser 4096 2012-11-09 17:39 .esd-500
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 2012-11-16 18:14 .tc
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 2012-11-16 18:14 .tc2
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 2012-11-16 18:18 .tc3
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 2012-11-16 18:15 .tc4
4 drwx------. 2 gdm    gdm    4096 2012-11-19 16:06 orbit-gdm
4 drwx------. 2 gdm    gdm    4096 2012-11-19 16:05 pulse-Jkx9hhtHj4dy
4 drwx------. 2 WFUser WFUser 4096 2012-11-09 17:39 pulse-g9SlRO3UEqGg
address@hidden ~]$

ls -Asl /tmp |sort -k9,9 -k7,8
total 44
4 -r--r--r--. 1 root   root     11 Nov 19 16:05 .X0-lock
4 drwx------. 2 gdm    gdm    4096 Nov 19 16:05 pulse-Jkx9hhtHj4dy
4 drwxrwxrwt. 2 root   root   4096 Nov 19 16:05 .ICE-unix
4 drwxrwxrwt. 2 root   root   4096 Nov 19 16:05 .X11-unix
4 drwx------. 2 gdm    gdm    4096 Nov 19 16:06 orbit-gdm
4 drwx------. 2 WFUser WFUser 4096 Nov  9 17:39 .esd-500
4 drwx------. 2 WFUser WFUser 4096 Nov  9 17:39 pulse-g9SlRO3UEqGg
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:14 .tc
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:14 .tc2
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:15 .tc4
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:18 .tc3
address@hidden ~]$
address@hidden ~]$ ls -Ald /tmp/.[!.]*
ls: cannot access /tmp/.[!.]*: No such file or directory
address@hidden ~]$