1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:
I'm trying to use a directory path to enter a new directory and sort the files there. I'm using the language C with a system call in Unix to sort the files from smallest to largest.
2. Relevant commands, code, scripts, algorithms:
This command enters the sorted data into a temporary directory named tempfile.txt. Tempfile.txt is later deleted. But the command:
system("ls -al | sort -k5n"); sorts only the data in the current directory. I would like to be able to sort data in any directory entered into my program.
3. The attempts at a solution (include all code and scripts):
i've tried:
to change directories before using the sort command. But this doesn't work. I do not know very much about the Unix language to create a command that changes directories and sorts the files it finds there.
4. Complete Name of School (University), City (State), Country, Name of Professor, and Course Number (Link to Course):
University at Albany, Albany NY, United States, S.S. Ravi, CSI 402
Note: Without school/professor/course information, you will be banned if you post here! You must complete the entire template (not just parts of it).
I need to determine if any three files have the same file size in a specified directly?
I have got as far as listing the file sizes but where to go from here?
ls -al |sort -n -r +4 | awq '{print $5}'
Thanks in anticipation (5 Replies)
Hi guys,
Probably an easy one, but how do you sort a directory so that the files come first, then subdirectories?
ie ./dir1 contains
file 1
subdir 1
file 2
i need it to become
file 1
file 2
subdir 1
as i'm using it in a script to pass each one through a for loop, and would... (2 Replies)
Hi guys,
Probably an easy one, but how do you sort a directory so that the files come first, then subdirectories?
ie ./dir1 has
file 1
subdir 1
file 2
i need it to become
file 1
file 2
subdir 1
as i'm using it in a script to pass each one through a for loop, and would like all... (3 Replies)
Hiiii,
I have written a script which takes backup of some log files.
let say the backuplocation is ---
/abc/backuplocation
-rw-r--r-- 1 webmut2 spgroup 0 Jan 27 02:41 ansrpt23994.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 webmut2 spgroup 0 Jan 27 02:41 ansrpt3601.log
-rw-r--r-- 1... (2 Replies)
Hi ,
I want to list all files in the order of size . Just want to know which files occupies more size and which occupies less size .
Is it possible with ls command ? :)
Thanks,
Arun. (1 Reply)
Hi All,
I have a requirement like below,
I want to transfer few file of size > 5 Mb from one directory to anotehr directory. Please let me know the command how can i do that
Sorry if it looks silly
Senthil (6 Replies)
Hi,
I am trying to get the total file size for certain files per directory.
I am using
find /DirectoryPath -name '*.dta' -exec ls -l {} \; | awk '{ print $NF ": " $5 }' > /users/cergun/My\ Documents/dtafiles.txt
but this lists all the files in the directories.
I need the total... (9 Replies)
I've got an assignment where I've made a script that searched and found files that meet certain requirement. (Files that are a size that is from "x" to "y" in size and has a certain name).
The script sends the output to a file that gathers the info.
The problem is I'd like to sort what's... (3 Replies)
Hi,
Can someone help me to get the complete files size (sum) over a perod time (1 day,2days)in a directory.
eg:
Directory :ABC
I have a1,a2,a3 files are created in last 24 hours so I need to get the some of all these files.
I am using the below find command but its giving me the... (1 Reply)
To find the whole size of a particular directory i use "du -sk /dirname".. but after finding the direcory's size how do i make conditions like if the size of the dir is more than 1 GB i hav to delete some of the files inside the dir (0 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT LINUX
wrap-and-sort
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)