Re: Sorting by date

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 02/28/2011 03:25 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> On Monday 28 February 2011 14:35:26 erikmccaskey64 wrote:
> > Original:
> > Jan 23 2011 10:42 SOMETHING 2007.12.20.avi
> > Jun 26 2009 SOMETHING 2009.06.25.avi
> > Feb 12 2010 SOMETHING 2010.02.11.avi
> > Jan 29 2011 09:17 SOMETHING 2011.01.27.avi
> > Feb 11 2011 20:06 SOMETHING 2011.02.10.avi
> > Feb 27 2011 23:05 SOMETHING 2011.02.24.avi
> >
> >
> > Output:
> > Feb 27 2011 23:05 SOMETHING 2011.02.24.avi
> > Feb 11 2011 20:06 SOMETHING 2011.02.10.avi
> > Jan 29 2011 09:17 SOMETHING 2011.01.27.avi
> > Jan 23 2011 10:42 SOMETHING 2007.12.20.avi
> > Feb 12 2010 SOMETHING 2010.02.11.avi
> > Jun 26 2009 SOMETHING 2009.06.25.avi
> >
> >
> > How could I get the output where the newest file is at the top?
>
> First, pre-process the original to use ISO-standard date format: %Y-%m-%d.
> That's 4-digit year, dash, 2-digit month, dash, 2-digit day.
>
> Now, (LC_ALL=C sort<  input.pp>  output.pp) will give you things sorted.
> Reverse the pre-processing to have "pretty" dates if you like.

That's an awful lot of effort when ls has a "sort by date" argument.

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