sorting "etimes" on ps output 1

[w5000]

hello,

"ps -ef -o etime" command on AIX returns the elapsed time since the process started.

[[ dd-]hh:]mm:ss

and returns, for example:

      18:22
57-10:09:09
52-04:03:56
10-13:29:12
   04:19:02
52-04:02:33
      18:22
      06:54
15-17:36:56
      03:40
      03:40
 4-05:16:38
      06:47
57-10:08:29
      03:39
17-18:04:31
52-04:03:56
   12:59:24
52-04:02:36
82-23:19:40
52-04:03:33
   04:34:33
17-18:04:34
      51:31
13-21:26:04
 3-23:02:04
52-04:02:40
82-23:19:40
52-04:04:23
52-04:02:42
      00:05
      08:30
41-04:52:56
52-04:03:57
52-03:43:34
   04:34:27

Q: How to sort output to get "etimes" listed from the oldest to the latest?


regards,m.

 

[PHV]

A starting point:
ps -ef -o etime | awk '{print substr("00-00:",1,11-length($1))$1}' | sort -r

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[w5000]

it is perfect!
thank you.