On 2/28/11 12:35 PM, erikmccaskey64 wrote: > Original: > Jan 23 2011 10:42 SOMETHING 2007.12.20.avi > Jun 26 2009 SOMETHING 2009.06.25.avi > Feb 12 2010 SOMETHING 2010.02.11.avi > Jan 29 2011 09:17 SOMETHING 2011.01.27.avi > Feb 11 2011 20:06 SOMETHING 2011.02.10.avi > Feb 27 2011 23:05 SOMETHING 2011.02.24.avi > > > Output: > Feb 27 2011 23:05 SOMETHING 2011.02.24.avi > Feb 11 2011 20:06 SOMETHING 2011.02.10.avi > Jan 29 2011 09:17 SOMETHING 2011.01.27.avi > Jan 23 2011 10:42 SOMETHING 2007.12.20.avi > Feb 12 2010 SOMETHING 2010.02.11.avi > Jun 26 2009 SOMETHING 2009.06.25.avi > > > How could I get the output where the newest file is at the top? Assuming you are getting the time from the ls -l command... To sort within the ls command (man ls): ls -lt To sort after the ls command (man ls): ls -al --full-time | awk '{print $6 " " $7 " " $9}' | sort -r Not using ls: To take that input and sort you'd have to do some hashing to translate the months to a sortable format (like numbers) I think. Alternatively, you could use the listed date to generate a UTF date via the date command. ~Sean _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos