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# 1  
Old 10-03-2007
Question Help needed in Listing Files
I need to list files in alphabetical-group and each such group listed in increasing order of timestamp.

Example : If I list files in a directory ( ls -lrt ) it shows like below.

c3
b4
b3
a4
a3
c2
b2
c1
b1
a2
a1

What I need is

c3
c2
c1
b4
b3
b2
b1
a4
a3
a2
a1

How can this be achieved using a command. ? Please help ?
coolbhai
# 2  
Old 10-03-2007
try this:
Code:
for prefix in c b a
do
     ls -lrt "$prefix"*
done

# 3  
Old 10-03-2007
Thank you ,That worked, Actually I was looking for a single line code.
coolbhai
# 4  
Old 10-03-2007
ls | sort -n ???
# 5  
Old 10-03-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by rein
ls | sort -n ???
It will sort in groups, not in timestamps..
coolbhai
 
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