Sorting by date

Loïc Grenié loic.grenie at gmail.com
Mon Feb 28 20:53:16 UTC 2011


2011/2/28 erikmccaskey64 <erikmccaskey64 at zoho.com>:
>
> 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?

    If you have access to the files, the easiest is

ls -lt

       Hope this helps,

          Loïc




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