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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Sorting dates in Perl Post 302653865 by robsonde on Sunday 10th of June 2012 11:35:22 PM
Old 06-11-2012
Sorting dates in Perl

I have a directory of backup files.

named like this:
Code:
ldap.data.04-06-2012.tar
ldap.data.03-06-2012.tar
ldap.data.02-06-2012.tar
ldap.data.01-06-2012.tar
ldap.data.31-05-2012.tar
ldap.data.30-05-2012.tar
ldap.data.29-05-2012.tar
ldap.data.28-05-2012.tar
ldap.data.27-05-2012.tar
ldap.data.26-05-2012.tar
ldap.data.25-05-2012.tar
ldap.data.24-05-2012.tar
ldap.data.23-05-2012.tar
ldap.data.22-05-2012.tar
ldap.data.21-05-2012.tar
ldap.data.20-05-2012.tar
ldap.data.19-05-2012.tar
ldap.data.18-05-2012.tar

I have some perl that read this list of file names like this:

Code:
opendir(DIR, "/LDAP_backup");
@FILES= readdir(DIR);


What I get is the list of files in a almost random order.
what I would like is in date order.

I am not a perl programmer, I have been given some code to "fix"


any thoughts?
 

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SSH-LDAP-HELPER(8)					    BSD System Manager's Manual 					SSH-LDAP-HELPER(8)

NAME
ssh-ldap-helper -- sshd helper program for ldap support SYNOPSIS
ssh-ldap-helper [-devw] [-f file] [-s user] DESCRIPTION
ssh-ldap-helper is used by sshd(1) to access keys provided by an LDAP. ssh-ldap-helper is disabled by default and can only be enabled in the sshd configuration file /etc/ssh/sshd_config by setting AuthorizedKeysCommand to ``/usr/libexec/openssh/ssh-ldap-wrapper''. ssh-ldap-helper is not intended to be invoked by the user, but from sshd(8) via ssh-ldap-wrapper. The options are as follows: -d Set the debug mode; ssh-ldap-helper prints all logs to stderr instead of syslog. -e Implies -w; ssh-ldap-helper halts if it encounters an unknown item in the ldap.conf file. -f ssh-ldap-helper uses this file as the ldap configuration file instead of /etc/ssh/ldap.conf (default). -s ssh-ldap-helper prints out the user's keys to stdout and exits. -v Implies -d; increases verbosity. -w ssh-ldap-helper writes warnings about unknown items in the ldap.conf configuration file. SEE ALSO
sshd(8), sshd_config(5), ssh-ldap.conf(5), HISTORY
ssh-ldap-helper first appeared in OpenSSH 5.5 + PKA-LDAP . AUTHORS
Jan F. Chadima <jchadima@redhat.com> BSD
April 29, 2010 BSD
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