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Old 06-06-2008
Finding the lowest sequenced file in a directory?
Hello,

I have three files in a directory:


1_700_123456.lst
1_701_123456.lst
1_702_123456.lst





I am trying to use a command via ksh that will list the file that has the lowest number in the second node and put that to a file.

In the example above, it would put 1_700_123456.lst in a file.



Any ideas on how to do this easily?



Thanks!
# 2  
Old 06-06-2008
Code:
ls -l | sort -t_ -nk2,2 | head -1

# 3  
Old 06-06-2008
Try something like this:

Code:
awk -F"_" '!m || $2<m{m=$2;s=$0}END{print s}' file

Regards
 
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