Unix command to get top 10 from the sorted file names in current directory [closed]

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I understand that the command to list alphabetically the file names in current directory is ls.

But how can I get top 10 from the sorted file names in current directory?

Answer 1

Use the command "head" to get the first ten lines:

ls | head -10

Answer 2

With sorting:

ls | sort | head -10

A note that ls doesn't sort naturally. So a file that starts with T will show before a file beginning with a.