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Old 10-29-2009
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Originally Posted by pogdorica
Yes, it's true and for that reason i use "ls -lt".
Hi pogdorica.

My reply was to explan to J-DUB why directories were still displayed - it was not intended to question your post.

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Originally Posted by pogdorica
Code:
ls -lt | awk '!/^d/ { print $NF }'

If you use this, the first line will be the 'ls' header "total XXXX".
And you're right about the awk '!/^d/...'. But it's intended to be used with the sed, in which case the total should never be displayed.
Last edited by Scott; 10-29-2009 at 04:28 PM.. Reason: changed never -> should never
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Old 10-30-2009
WOW, i must say with my first post and the immediat response (and useful response none the less) i'm sold on this site.
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