On Tue, 2018-01-30 at 08:56 -0600, Kenny Gow wrote: > On 01/30/2018 06:01 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > $ ls -l > > total 7388 > > -rwxr--r--. 1 poc poc 1036281 Jan 29 11:38 20180129113839_01.jpg > > -rwxr--r--. 1 poc poc 1183695 Jan 29 11:38 20180129113839_02.jpg > > -rwxr--r--. 1 poc poc 1133299 Jan 29 11:38 20180129113839_03.jpg > > -rwxr--r--. 1 poc poc 1066885 Jan 29 11:38 20180129113839_04.jpg > > -rwxr--r--. 1 poc poc 879477 Jan 29 11:38 20180129113839_05.jpg > > -rwxr--r--. 1 poc poc 1247414 Jan 29 11:38 20180129113839_06.jpg > > -rwxr--r--. 1 poc poc 1008515 Jan 29 11:38 20180129113839_07.jpg > > > > The filenames are generated from the scanning software (a commercial > > program running on a Windows VM, and beyond any possibility of > > modifying). Clearly these names are just timestamps plus a sequence > > number and represent the order the slides were scanned. Adding another > > index number via the Shell script isn't going to change this sequence. > > > > In the staging directory, try running > > $ ls -lrt --time=ctime > > to order the list by the time each image was put into the directory. > 'ctime' is the key. I use this all the time to see the latest > new files in a directory, in time order. > > You can also run > > $ ls -lrt --time=ctime --full-time > > to see the (more exact) time each file was moved into the directory. Interesting idea. I'll think about that, thanks. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
