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# 1  
Old 07-04-2005
customising listing of files
Hi,

I have some 5000 files in one directory, with the format for example

aaaaaa.12344.20050605.log
aaaaaa.12345.20050606.log
aaaaaa.12346.20050607.log
aaaaaa.12347.20050608.log
aaaaaa.12348.20050609.log
bbbbbb.12345.200506010.log
bbbbbb.12346.20050615.log
bbbbbb.12347.20050625.log
bbbbbb.12348.20050615.log
bbbbbb.12349.20050625.log
bbbbbb.12350.20050615.log
cccccc.12343.20050625.log
cccccc.12344.200506115.log
cccccc.12345.200506115.log
cccccc.12346.20050625.log
cccccc.12347.200506205.log
cccccc.12348.20050605.log
dddddd.12349.20050605.log
dddddd.12334.20050605.log
dddddd.12354.20050605.log
dddddd.12324.20050605.log
dddddd.123454.20050605.log

i want to list of out distinct file output, when i give ls -l command

output shd be

aaaaaa
bbbbbb
cccccc
dddddd

is this possible to get the output like this..

pls help
# 2  
Old 07-04-2005
ls | cut -d. -f1 | sort | uniq

Cheers
ZB
# 3  
Old 07-04-2005
thanks
Wow ,

thatst lovely output


thanks yaar
 
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