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complex sort question

hi all

I am getting a files with the format below from my application.
the format of the file names are <app name>_<version #>_<sn>_<name>

e.g

log_0.7.90.1_00010_black.txt
log_0.7.70.1_00010_silver.txt
log_0.7.80.1_00010_gold.txt
log_0.7.80.1_00020_blue.txt
log_0.7.80.1_00030_green.txt
log_0.7.80.1_00040_red.txt

how can i sort these files according to version number and its serial number
(i'm using Bash)
thank a lot
Yaniv

ls |sort -n

is that what you are looking for?

Quote:

Originally Posted by yaniv1 (Post 4391987)

Code:

sort -t_ -k2,3 file

log_0.7.70.1_00010_silver.txt

log_0.7.80.1_00010_gold.txt

log_0.7.80.1_00020_blue.txt

log_0.7.80.1_00030_green.txt

log_0.7.80.1_00040_red.txt

log_0.7.90.1_00010_black.txt

?

Cheers,
Tink

How about:

Code:

ls | sort -V