Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 12:18:42 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sorting and Matching options for ls(1) Message-ID: <20020306201842.GS77980@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <3C862030.9080108@softweyr.com> References: <3C862030.9080108@softweyr.com>
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* Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> [020306 12:05] wrote:
> At the request of several FreeBSD users, I have developed the following
> two options for ls(1):
>
> -M Display files that match the specified types only. The file
> types are specified by a single character as in strmode(3),
> with
> the option to specify regular files as ``r'' instead of ``-''
> if
> needed.
>
> -S Explicity specify the sorting order. The sorting flags are:
EXAMPLES
The following is how to do an ls listing sorted by size (and shows why ls
does not need a separate option for this):
ls -l | sort -n +4
Additionally, the -r flag to sort(1) may be used to get the results
sorted from largest to smallest (a reverse sort).
--
-Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org]
'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'
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