#!/bin/bash

#vfat file order


#create 100 random numbered files of 4 digit length
for i in `seq 1 100`;do touch $(($RANDOM%9000+1001));done


#use find and you  will find them to be in a non sequential order
find

#this is what we want

find|sort

#touch does not work because it's not a timestamp thing, it's the order the files are written to the device
find|sort|while read i;do touch "$i";done


#use fatsort

#install fatsort

sudo aptitude install fatsort

#unmount the drive then run fatsort on the partition

sudo fatsort /dev/sdX1