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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers Issues with sorting in reverse order Post 302986858 by Don Cragun on Wednesday 30th of November 2016 05:03:56 PM
Old 11-30-2016
It is nice to know that what you are doing isn't working, but if we don't know what you are trying to do it is hard to guess at how to fix it.

You are currently taking multiple lists of files sorted by decreasing file size and then sorting them together in reverse alphanumeric order.

What are you trying to do?

It is also a good idea to tell us what operating system and shell you're using.

Does one of the following come close to what you're trying to do?
Code:
ls -Sr folder*/ > ~/Desktop/summary.txt

(which gives you each of your directories with files within each directory sorted by decreasing size) or:
Code:
ls -Srd folder*/* > ~/Desktop/summary.txt

(which gives you all of the files in all of those directories in one list sorted by decreasing size).
 

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Arch::Test::Tree(3pm)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				     Arch::Test::Tree(3pm)

NAME
Arch::Test::Tree - A test framework for Arch-Perl SYNOPSIS
use Arch::Test::Framework; my $fw = Arch::Test::Framework->new; my $tree = $fw->make_tree($dir, $version); my $dir = $tree->add_dir; $tree->add_file($dir); $tree->import; DESCRIPTION
Arch::Test::Tree provides methods to quickly build and modify Arch project trees within the Arch::Test framework. METHODS
new, root, framework, run_tla, add_file, add_dir, add_link, modify_file, rename_file, rename_dir, remove_file, remove_dir, inventory, import, commit. new [framework] [path] Create a new Arch::Test::Tree instance for path. This method should not be called directly. root Returns the project trees root directory. framework Returns the associated Arch::Test::Framework reference. run_tla @args Run "tla @args" from the tree root. add_file [dir [name [content]]] Add a new file name in directory dir. Fill file with content. dir defaults to the project root ("."). If name is not specified, a unique filename is generated. A default content is generated if none is given. add_dir [parent [name]] Add a new directory under parent, or "." if parent is not specified. If name is not given, a unique name is generated. add_link [parent [name [target]]] Add a new symbolic link under parent, or "." if parent is not specified. If name is not given, a unique name is generated. If target is omitted, a (probably) non-existing target is generated. modify_file file [content] Change files content to content, or append "Has been modified." if new content is omitted. rename_file old new Rename file old to new. Returns new. rename_dir old new Rename directory old to new. Returns new. remove_file file Delete file and its associated arch id. remove_dir dir Recursively delete dir and its content. inventory [flags] Returns the inventory as generated by running "tla inventory flags". flags default to "-Bs" if not specified. import [summary [log]] Create a "base-0" revision from tree using the summary line summary and log as log text. If tree contains a log file, summary and log can be omitted. commit [summary [log]] Commit a "patch-n" revision from tree using the summary line summary and log as log text. If tree contains a log file, summary and log can be omitted. AUTHORS
Mikhael Goikhman (migo@homemail.com--Perl-GPL/arch-perl--devel). Enno Cramer (uebergeek@web.de--2003/arch-perl--devel). perl v5.10.1 2005-04-14 Arch::Test::Tree(3pm)
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