01-27-2006
I feel we should not sort based on the ls -lrt output because it contains the month in MMM format and not in number format, hence we can't sort...
here is small perl script... filedate.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl
#Argument of directory name is required
open(PTR,"find $ARGV[0] |");
my $str;
while($str=<PTR>)
{
chomp $str;
my ($hr,$mn,$day,$mnth,$year)=(localtime((stat($str))[9]))[1,2,3,4,5];
$mnth+=1;
$year+=1900;
printf("$year%02d%02d%02d%02d $str\n",$mnth,$day,$hr,$mn);
}
close PTR;
save the above file and give executable permission...
after that
$filedate.pl <DIR NAME> | sort
you can sort according to ur requirement... filedate.pl will give you the date of file in yyyymmddhhmm format....
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prima::calendar
Prima::Calendar(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Prima::Calendar(3)
NAME
Prima::Calendar - standard calendar widget
SYNOPSIS
use Prima::Calendar;
my $cal = Prima::Calendar-> create(
useLocale => 1,
onChange => sub {
print $_[0]-> date_as_string, "
";
},
);
$cal-> date_from_time( localtime );
$cal-> month( 5);
DESCRIPTION
Provides interactive selection of date between 1900 and 2099 years. The main property, date, is a three-integer array, day, month, and
year, in the format of perl localtime ( see "localtime" in perlfunc ) - day can be in range from 1 to 31,month from 0 to 11, year from 0 to
199.
API
Events
Change
Called when the date property is changed.
Properties
date DAY, MONTH, YEAR
Accepts three integers in format of "localtime". DAY can be from 1 to 31, MONTH from 0 to 11, YEAR from 0 to 199.
Default value: today's date.
day INTEGER
Selects the day in month.
firstDayOfWeek INTEGER
Selects the first day of week, an integer between 0 and 6, where 0 is Sunday is the first day, 1 is Monday etc.
Default value: 0
month
Selects the month.
useLocale BOOLEAN
If 1, the locale-specific names of months and days of week are used. These are read by calling "POSIX::strftime". If invocation of
POSIX module fails, the property is automatically assigned to 0.
If 0, the English names of months and days of week are used.
Default value: 1
See also: date_as_string
year
Selects the year.
Methods
can_use_locale
Returns boolean value, whether the locale information can be retrieved by calling "strftime".
month2str MONTH
Returns MONTH name according to useLocale value.
make_months
Returns array of 12 month names according to useLocale value.
day_of_week DAY, MONTH, YEAR, [ USE_FIRST_DAY_OF_WEEK = 1 ]
Returns integer value, from 0 to 6, of the day of week on DAY, MONTH, YEAR date. If boolean USE_FIRST_DAY_OF_WEEK is set, the value of
"firstDayOfWeek" property is taken into the account, so 0 is a Sunday shifted forward by "firstDayOfWeek" days.
The switch from Julian to Gregorian calendar is ignored.
date_as_string [ DAY, MONTH, YEAR ]
Returns string representation of date on DAY, MONTH, YEAR according to useLocale property value.
date_from_time SEC, MIN, HOUR, M_DAY, MONTH, YEAR, ...
Copies date from "localtime" or "gmtime" result. This helper method allows the following syntax:
$calendar-> date_from_time( localtime( time));
AUTHOR
Dmitry Karasik, <dmitry@karasik.eu.org>.
SEE ALSO
Prima, Prima::Widget, POSIX, "localtime" in perlfunc, "time" in perlfunc, examples/calendar.pl.
perl v5.14.2 2009-02-24 Prima::Calendar(3)