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[ogniemi]

ls command returns:

01APR07 03MAR07 05MAR07 07MAR07 09MAR07 11MAR07 13MAR07 15JAN07 17MAR07 20FEB07 22JAN07 24MAR07 27APR07 29MAR07
01FEB07 03MAY07 05MAY07 07MAY07 09MAY07 11MAY07 13MAY07 15MAR07 18APR07 20JAN07 22MAR07 25APR07 27FEB07 29MAY07
01MAR07 04APR07 06APR07 08APR07 10APR07 12APR07 14APR07 15MAY07 18FEB07 20MAR07 22MAY07 25FEB07 27JAN07 30APR07
01MAY07 04FEB07 06FEB07 08FEB07 10FEB07 12FEB07 14FEB07 16APR07 18JAN07 21APR07 23APR07 25JAN07 27MAR07 30JAN07
02APR07 04JAN07 06JAN07 08JAN07 10JAN07 12JAN07 14JAN07 16FEB07 18MAR07 21FEB07 23FEB07 25MAR07 28APR07 30MAR07
02FEB07 04MAR07 06MAR07 08MAR07 10MAR07 12MAR07 14MAR07 16JAN07 19APR07 21JAN07 23JAN07 25MAY07 28FEB07 31JAN07
02MAR07 04MAY07 06MAY07 08MAY07 10MAY07 12MAY07 14MAY07 16MAR07 19FEB07 21MAR07 23MAR07 26APR07 28JAN07 31MAR07
02MAY07 05APR07 07APR07 09APR07 11APR07 13APR07 14SEP06 17APR07 19JAN07 21MAY07 24APR07 26FEB07 28MAR07
03APR07 05FEB07 07FEB07 09FEB07 11FEB07 13FEB07 15APR07 17FEB07 19MAR07 22APR07 24FEB07 26JAN07 29APR07
03FEB07 05JAN07 07JAN07 09JAN07 11JAN07 13JAN07 15FEB07 17JAN07 20APR07 22FEB07 24JAN07 26MAR07 29JAN07


(the name of the dir doesn't mean that the time stamp of the dir creation/modification is that day)


How to sort then this directories to have on 'ls' output callendar order?


thx in advance!

 

[ogniemi]

(callendar order getting names of directories - not time stamp)

 

[feherke]

Hi

You had to think to that before giving such names to the directories.

You can have a chronological list of file names like this, but better rename them.

ls -1 | awk 'BEGIN{split("JAN,FEB,MAR,APR,MAY,JUN,JUL,AUG,SEP,OCT,NOV,DEC",m,",");for(i in m)m[m[i]]=i}{print substr($1,6,2)"-"m[substr($1,3,3)]"-"substr($1,1,2),$1}' | sort | cut -d' ' -f2

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/