Re: Sorting by date

[Tom Furie <tom@furie.org.uk>]

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 12:35:26PM -0800, 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?

Are you looking for ls -lt?

Cheers,
Tom

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