{"id":265,"date":"2021-10-13T14:47:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T14:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jibsheet.net\/linux\/?p=265"},"modified":"2021-10-13T16:24:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T16:24:31","slug":"ls-l-sort-files-by-number-in-file-name-or-extention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jibsheet.net\/linux\/index.php\/2021\/10\/13\/ls-l-sort-files-by-number-in-file-name-or-extention\/","title":{"rendered":"ls -l &#8211; sort files by number in file name or extention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Use sort.\u00a0 Use -n for numeric and -t for field separator.\u00a0 \u00a0then k for the field.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\">[user1@jibsheet ~]$ ll $HOME\/tidal*\r\n-rw-rw-r-- 1 user1 user1 545 Oct 13 10:02 \/home\/user1\/tidal_out.txt\r\n-rw-rw-r-- 1 user1 user1 545 Oct 13 10:02 \/home\/user1\/tidal_out.txt.1\r\n-rw-rw-r-- 1 user1 user1 564 Oct 12 22:39 \/home\/user1\/tidal_out.txt.10\r\n-rw-rw-r-- 1 user1 user1 546 Oct 13 08:02 \/home\/user1\/tidal_out.txt.2\r\n-rw-rw-r-- 1 user1 user1 546 Oct 13 04:02 \/home\/user1\/tidal_out.txt.3\r\n-rw-rw-r-- 1 user1 user1 564 Oct 12 23:02 \/home\/user1\/tidal_out.txt.4\r\n-rw-rw-r-- 1 user1 user1 564 Oct 12 22:41 \/home\/user1\/tidal_out.txt.5\r\n-rw-rw-r-- 1 user1 user1 564 Oct 12 22:40 \/home\/user1\/tidal_out.txt.8\r\n-rw-rw-r-- 1 user1 user1 547 Oct 12 22:40 \/home\/user1\/tidal_out.txt.9\r\n[user1@jibsheet ~]$ ll $HOME\/tidal* | sort -t. -k3 -n\r\n-rw-rw-r-- 1 user1 user1 545 Oct 13 10:02 \/home\/user1\/tidal_out.txt\r\n-rw-rw-r-- 1 user1 user1 545 Oct 13 10:02 \/home\/user1\/tidal_out.txt.1\r\n-rw-rw-r-- 1 user1 user1 546 Oct 13 08:02 \/home\/user1\/tidal_out.txt.2\r\n-rw-rw-r-- 1 user1 user1 546 Oct 13 04:02 \/home\/user1\/tidal_out.txt.3\r\n-rw-rw-r-- 1 user1 user1 564 Oct 12 23:02 \/home\/user1\/tidal_out.txt.4\r\n-rw-rw-r-- 1 user1 user1 564 Oct 12 22:41 \/home\/user1\/tidal_out.txt.5\r\n-rw-rw-r-- 1 user1 user1 564 Oct 12 22:40 \/home\/user1\/tidal_out.txt.8\r\n-rw-rw-r-- 1 user1 user1 547 Oct 12 22:40 \/home\/user1\/tidal_out.txt.9\r\n-rw-rw-r-- 1 user1 user1 564 Oct 12 22:39 \/home\/user1\/tidal_out.txt.10<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use sort.\u00a0 Use -n for numeric and -t for field separator.\u00a0 \u00a0then k for the field. &nbsp; 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