[SOLVED] sort ignoring articles

schneidz · 04-27-2009, 05:19 PM

is there a smart way to sort things ignoring articles (a, an, the). basically i would want:

Code:

[schneidz@hyper schneidz]$ ls -1 /media
smokin-aces.avi
so-close.avi
spy-game.avi
street-fighter-alpha-2001.avi
talladaga-nights.avi
the-departed.avi
the-happening.avi
transformers.avi
vantage-point.avi

to sort like:

Code:

[schneidz@hyper schneidz]$ ls -1 /media
the-departed.avi
the-happening.avi
smokin-aces.avi
so-close.avi
spy-game.avi
street-fighter-alpha-2001.avi
talladaga-nights.avi
transformers.avi
vantage-point.avi

thanks,

Sergei Steshenko · 04-27-2009, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by schneidz

is there a smart way to sort things ignoring articles (a, an, the). basically i would want:

Code:

[schneidz@hyper schneidz]$ ls -1 /media
smokin-aces.avi
so-close.avi
spy-game.avi
street-fighter-alpha-2001.avi
talladaga-nights.avi
the-departed.avi
the-happening.avi
transformers.avi
vantage-point.avi

to sort like:

Code:

[schneidz@hyper schneidz]$ ls -1 /media
the-departed.avi
the-happening.avi
smokin-aces.avi
so-close.avi
spy-game.avi
street-fighter-alpha-2001.avi
talladaga-nights.avi
transformers.avi
vantage-point.avi

thanks,

You'll need an external script to pipe 'ls' output into.

Hko · 04-27-2009, 05:51 PM

Code:

ls | sed -e 's/^.*$/& &/;s/^the-//;s/^an-//;s/^a-//' | sort -k1 | sed 's/^.* //'

Note #1: Only ignores articles that are the first word.
Note #2: Only works if '-' is used to seperate words.