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# 1  
Old 11-19-2008
Help - Find command with list of files modified descending Order
Hi,
I would like to know the command to get the files order in descending order with "FIND" command.

Appreciate your help

Thanks
# 2  
Old 11-20-2008
Quote:
files order in descending order
- based on what criteria ?
# 3  
Old 11-20-2008
files order in descending order based on TimeStamp
files order in descending order based on TimeStamp .
OS is Solaris 5.8
There is no maxdepth option in Find command
# 4  
Old 11-20-2008
Code:
filetime()
{
    perl  -e '
          use POSIX qw(strftime);
          $mtime = (stat $ARGV[0])[9];
          print strftime "%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S ", localtime($mtime);
         ' $1
}
find . -name '*.shl' |\
while read filename
do
        echo "$(filetime $filename) $filename"
done | sort

# 5  
Old 11-20-2008
Thanks a lot jim mcnamara, With your help I am able to solve my problem.
Appreciate your help.
 
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