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Old 04-24-2009
How can I sort the file names in the directory
Hi ,

I have a list of files in the directory I want to sort based on the file name.
But in the middle of filename contains the number based on that I need to sort.Could you suggest me on the same?

Example filenames:

/user1$ls
RS.DEV.ISV.F1.RS.REFDATA.DATA
RS.DEV.ISV.F200.RS.REFDATA.DATA
RS.DEV.ISV.F2.RS.REFDATA.DATA
RS.DEV.ISV.F3.RS.REFDATA.DATA

in above files after the third .(dot) "Fxxxxx" part is incrementing.Based on that I need to sort.

ThanksinAdvance,
Praveen.
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Old 04-24-2009
Code:
printf '%s\n' *.DATA|sort -t. -k4.2n

 
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