Sorting by date

[MR ZenWiz]

On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 4:08 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 5 March 2011 11:23, Florian Diesch <diesch at spamfence.net> wrote:
> > erikmccaskey64 <erikmccaskey64 at zoho.com> writes:
> >
> >> 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?
> >
> > sort  -k3nr -k1Mr -k2nr -k4gr  your_file
> >
> Unfortunately the OP, having received several suggestions, has not
> bothered to come back and either offer thanks for the help or further
> explain the problem. :(
>

Now, why am I not the least bit surprised?