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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Sorting ls by filesize Post 22495 by peter.herlihy on Tuesday 4th of June 2002 06:28:58 PM
Old 06-04-2002
Sorting ls by filesize

I saw some stuff in the search results on this - but nothing specific.....

I have a significant number of files (c. 300) which are output from a large process that I run. These are compared with a 'baselined' set of files - so I can quickly see if there are differences based on the sizes of the files.

I want to sort the directory into filesize...and not by number of lines. I need byte size to confirm differences.

I've thought about awk, wc -c, I've looked at sort -n ....and I've looked at the ls options...but I cant seem to get a combination to work for me.

ideas? And Yeah I realise I could cut the filesize from the ls and sort by that....but there must be a simpler way....

(Oh and I work with SunOS 5.6 and typically use a bash shell).
 

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WRAP-AND-SORT(1)					      General Commands Manual						  WRAP-AND-SORT(1)

NAME
wrap-and-sort - wrap long lines and sort items in Debian packaging files SYNOPSIS
wrap-and-sort [options] DESCRIPTION
wrap-and-sort wraps the package lists in Debian control files. By default the lists will only split into multiple lines if the entries are longer than 80 characters. wrap-and-sort sorts the package lists in Debian control files and all .install files. Beside that wrap-and-sort removes trailing spaces in these files. This script should be run in the root of a Debian package tree. It searches for control, control.in, copyright, copyright.in, install, and *.install in the debian directory. OPTIONS
-h, --help Show this help message and exit. -a, --wrap-always Wrap all package lists in the Debian control file even if the entries are shorter than 80 characters and could fit in one line line. -s, --short-indent Only indent wrapped lines by one space (default is in-line with the field name). -b, --sort-binary-packages Sort binary package paragraphs by name. -k, --keep-first When sorting binary package paragraphs, leave the first one at the top. Unqualified debhelper(7) configuration files are applied to the first package. -n, --no-cleanup Do not remove trailing whitespaces. -d path, --debian-directory=path Location of the debian directory (default: ./debian). -f file, --file=file Wrap and sort only the specified file. You can specify this parameter multiple times. All supported files will be processed if no files are specified. -v, --verbose Print all files that are touched. AUTHORS
wrap-and-sort and this manpage have been written by Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>. Both are released under the ISC license. DEBIAN
Debian Utilities WRAP-AND-SORT(1)
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