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Old 04-18-2013
Ordering Folders having Date as Names

Hi All,

I have directories under
/development/arun/weekly/

20120421
20120414
.
.
.
.
I need to arrange these directories in descending order.
folder name with recent date will be on top and then others.
# 2  
Old 04-18-2013
Hi, the ls command sort alphabetically by default, then
Code:
ls -1

or
Code:
ls -1r

for revert order
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