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What character to use to put an item at the end of an alphabetic list?

I often prepend '_____' to the item I want in first position.
Is there some sort of magical character I could use to put an item at the end of the list?

Something more elegant than "z_item".

Example of this issue for a list of files in Windows Explorer : enter image description here

Another example from Outlook 2010

Actual folder structure :

  • _custom folder1
  • _custom folder2
  • Inbox
  • Sent box
  • Spam folder

Expected folder structure :

  • Inbox
  • Sent box
  • Spam folder
  • [?]custom folder1
  • [?]custom folder2

What caracter could I use?

Solution

  • I found this thread while wanting folders that sort after Z in Finder on Mac OSX. After several false paths and trial and error, here's what I found:

    Characters that sort after Z in Finder (in sort-order)

    • z Lower case Z
    • ι Greek letter
    • Ι Greek letter, capital version of above character, not an "I")
    • Ω Omega
    • 一 Japanese Character? (Thanks, Jam)
    • 口 Japanese character? (Thanks, Jam)
    • 末 Japanese character "End" (Thanks, Jam)
    •  (a private use character) (Thanks, Peter O.)

    These are characters others here and in other places on the web, mentioned sort after Z, but that I found DO NOT sort at the end, at least when sorting by name in Finder on Mac:

    † ∆ ~ - ſ [ ø ￭ |