I've written a simple ls program that actually works :-)

src/other/wktls.s

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+" Warren's version of ls. Simply print out the names in the current directory
+
+main:
+   sys open; curdir; 0		" Open up the currect directory
+   spa
+     sys exit			" Unable, so die now
+   dac fd			" Save the fd
+   
+fileloop:
+   " Read 64 words into the buffer from the input file
+   lac fd
+   sys read; buf; 64
+   spa                  " Skip if result was >= 0
+     jmp fileend        " Result was -ve, so error result
+   sna                  " Skip if result was >0
+     jmp fileend        " Result was zero, so nothing left to read
+
+   " Save the count of words read in
+   dac count
+   lac ibufptr		" Point bufptr at the base of the buffer
+   dac bufptr
+
+printloop:
+   lac d1
+   sys write; bufptr:0; 4	" Write a filename out to stdout
+   lac d1
+   sys write; newline; 1	" followed by a newline
+
+   lac bufptr		" Add 4 to the bufptr
+   tad d4
+   dac bufptr
+   -4
+   tad count		" Decrement the count of words by 4
+   dac count
+   sza			" Anything left in the buffer to print?
+     jmp printloop	" Yes, stuff left to print
+   jmp fileloop		" Nothing in the buffer, try reading some more
+
+fileend:
+   " Close the open file descriptor and exit
+   lac fd
+   sys close
+   sys exit
+   
+curdir: <. 040; 040040; 040040; 040040		" i.e. "."
+newline: 012000
+
+fd: 0
+d1: 1				" stdout fd
+d4: 4
+count: 0
+
+" Input buffer for read
+ibufptr: buf			" Constant pointer to the buffer
+buf: .=.+64

tools/a7out

@@ -673,7 +673,8 @@ sub opensomething {
     open( $FH, ">", $tempfile) || return(undef);
     dprintf("Converting directory $filename\n");
 
-    while ( my $name= readdir($dh)) {
+    my @list= sort(readdir($dh));
+    foreach my $name (@list) {
         printf( $FH "%-8s", substr( $name, 0, 8 ) );
     }
     closedir($dh);