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Old 10-27-2011
List directories with given string, sort by creation date
It is for HP-Unix B.11.31.

Requirement:
1. List the directories, which directories name has given particular string.

Example: Directories with name "Build"

2. On the output of 1. list the directories by creation date as sort order.

I tried with; find . -type d -name "Build*"

But I want the output to be sorted with creation date.
# 2  
Old 10-27-2011
Code:
$ find /your/home/path/ -name "Build*" -type d | xargs ls -ld

Last edited by jayan_jay; 10-27-2011 at 06:15 AM..
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Old 10-27-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by jayan_jay
Code:
$ find /your/home/path/ -name "Build*" -type d | xargs ls -ld

Thanks, It works!
But how to get only the directory namd and it's creation data fields?
# 4  
Old 10-27-2011
Code:
$ find /your/home/path -name "Build*" -type d -exec ls -ld {} \; | awk '{print $6,$7,$8,$9}'

 
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