ls -lt does not appear to sort within seconds

[JB99]

I need to sort my directory by time i use ls -lt to achieve this but have noticed that if several files are created within the same second it sorts those by filename. So you end up with a sorting by seconds by filename.

Is this how it's supposed to work and how can i sort by milliseconds

Thanks
John

 

[MikeLacey]

John,

I don't think that the filenames are stored with time at that accuracy - it just stores the number of seconds since the epoch. Mike
michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com
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