Sorting numerics (size from ls output)

[MCubitt]

I am sorting the output of an "ls" to put files in descending size:

find / -size +81920 -exec ls -al {} \; | sort -r -k 5 > /large.txt

However, the sort on field 5 (-k 5) ignores leading spaces (of course) so you get:

90
600
31
100

Is there a way to get leading zeros in the ls output so we get:

600
100
090
031

Thanks


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[sbix]

Should try something with awk and printf format

 

[sbix]

Post Scriptum.
USE sort -nr (n flag means numerical comparison)

 

[MCubitt]

sbix, thanks - worked a treat!


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