Re: How to sort find results

From: Jeffrey Ellis (jellis_at_dhnet.us)
Date: 11/08/05

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To: David Fleck <david.fleck@mchsi.com>, FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>

    Hi, David--

    That did it! Thank you :)

    So, now when I run it I get the following output:

    # ./date_sort /desktop
    Sep 13 11:10:34 2005 /desktop/.localized
    Nov 8 09:12:40 2005 /desktop/date_sort

    But there are actually 76 items on my desktop. Is it possible I'm not
    specifying an option correctly?

    Thanks again :)

    All My Best,
    Jeffrey

    on 11/8/05 5:31 AM, David Fleck at david.fleck@mchsi.com wrote:

    > On Mon, 7 Nov 2005, Jeffrey Ellis wrote:
    >> It's on my Desktop. Should it be in particular location? (Don't say it...
    >> Something obvious, right ;)
    >
    > It doesn't have to be anywhere in particular, as long as you can find it
    > when you want to run it. When you typed
    >
    >>> #head date_sort
    >>> head: date_sort: No such file or directory
    >
    > I assume that the date_sort script wasn't in the directory you were
    > running the 'head' command from. In this case, you'd have to run it as
    >
    > #head /full/path/to/date_sort
    >
    > otherwise 'head' won't be able to find date_sort.
    >
    >> I actually did see his email. I've checked the copy/paste of the script, and
    >> it looks like all carriage returns. I don't know how to type line feeds...
    >> Is that what they should be?
    >
    > The problem is that Windows and UNIX have different concepts of how to end
    > lines. Windows (and some mail programs, and possibly some web servers -
    > I'm just guessing here) think each line of a text-mode should end with a
    > carriage return (CR) followed by a line feed (LF). UNIX doesn't
    > distinguish between text-mode and binary-mode files, and thinks a line
    > should end with just an LF, and the CR is retained as extra junk at the
    > end of the line.
    >
    > The easiest way that I know of to check for and handle this problem (which
    > may not be the easiest way to handle it, but it's the one I'm familiar
    > with) is to use the 'vi' editor. I don't know if you're familiar with
    > 'vi'; it can be a little confusing to the uninitiated. The following
    > should step you through it -- make a backup of the date_sort file first.
    >
    > 1. cd to the directory containing date_sort.
    >
    > 2. Open the file in vi:
    > #vi date_sort
    >
    > 3. Type the following, where [Ctrl] means the Ctrl key, and [Enter] means
    > the Enter key:
    >
    > :%s/[Ctrl]V[Enter]//[Enter]
    >
    > 4. Save the result:
    > :wq[Enter]
    >
    > Now, hopefully, the CR-LF's have all been converted to LF's. Try running
    > the script again (personally, I'd test it on a smaller directory structure
    > than /, just to see if it works -- running it on / will probably take a
    > long while).
    >
    > The output of 'head /path/to/date_sort' may still be useful, btw.
    >
    > --
    > David Fleck
    > david.fleck@mchsi.com
    >

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