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Old 09-14-2011
Help with ls and sort
Hi all,

Can someone please advise how I can get this ls to display in the order that I want them to be.

At the moment, running this command below:

Code:
server01:> ls -1d set* | sort -n
set0
set1
set10
set11
set12
set13
set14
set2
set3
set4
set5
set6
set7
set8
set9

I want the listing to be as below:

Code:
set0
set1
set2
set3
set4
set5
set6
set7
set8
set9
set10
set11
set12
set13
set14

I saw some solution in Google that uses cut and then sort but they seems too complicated. Hopefully, there is something "simpler"

Feedback will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
# 2  
Old 09-14-2011
Code:
ls -1d set*| sort -n -k 1.4

Last edited by zaxxon; 09-14-2011 at 06:23 AM.. Reason: forgot "set*"
# 3  
Old 09-14-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by zaxxon
Code:
ls -1d set*| sort -n -k 1.4


Thanks a lot !!! Smilie ... That works ...

You learn something new every day, didn't know that's what -k is for.
 
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