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  • Are these dead symlinks? Commented Jan 2, 2016 at 20:37
  • nope. normal/regular files. Commented Jan 2, 2016 at 20:37
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    Edit in ls -l. Commented Jan 2, 2016 at 20:39
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    Try mplayer $(\ls | sort -R) I bet you have an alias ls --color=always. Commented Jan 2, 2016 at 20:48
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    you don't need to unalias it, you can just reference ls with full path: mplayer $(/bin/ls | sort -R) Commented Jan 2, 2016 at 21:01