11-13-2001
To add to Perderabo's approach...
use the "ls -tr" command assuming that the
link was created after the actual file.
This way, the "ls" command woun't sort
by name; it will sort by modification time
(reversed) and hopfully you will not see the link
listed before the actual file is.
However, this is also not foolproof and you may
have to get more sophisicated and trace the inode
back to the "real" file.
It should make for an interesting excercise.
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NAME
sort - sort a file of ASCII lines
SYNOPSIS
sort [-bcdfimnru] [-tc] [-o name] [+pos1] [-pos2] file ...
OPTIONS
-b Skip leading blanks when making comparisons
-c Check to see if a file is sorted
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EXAMPLES
sort -nr file # Sort keys numerically, reversed
sort +2 -4 file # Sort using fields 2 and 3 as key
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DESCRIPTION
Sort sorts one or more files. If no files are specified, stdin is sorted. Output is written on standard output, unless -o is specified.
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SEE ALSO
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