Re: Sorting files

[Meino Christian Cramer <Meino.Cramer@xxxxxx>]

From: Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Sorting files
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 20:48:00 +0200

> On 8/4/05, Meino Christian Cramer <Meino.Cramer@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> >  I played around with combinations including expressions like
> >  **/*(.,oL) trying to get a listing of all files found !including
> >  those of the subdirectories! sorted by their size. I want one big
> >  listing sorted "once" -- but I got "seperated" parts sorted each for
> >  themselves.
> > 
> >  I would understand this, if I had submitted something like:
> > 
> >    print -l **/*(oL)
> > 
> >  which includes directories due to the missing ".", but when I submit:
> > 
> >    print -l **/*(.,oL)
> > 
> >  I would expect "all files sorted by their size".
> > 
> >  But as always, the problem is probably caused by the person sitting
> >  right in front of my monitor, I fear ;)
> > 
> >  Is there a way to get one big listing starting with the smallest file
> >  of all files found (including those in the subdirectories) and ending
> >  with the largest one? ...without the conventional way of slowly
> >  smokeing a sort-pipe ?
> > 
> >  Thanks a lot in advance for any help or hint ! :O)
> > 
> >  Keep zshing!
> >  Meino
> 
> >From the manpage,
> 
> o      specifies how the names of the files should be sorted.
>               if d, files in subdirectories appear before those
>               in  the  current  directory at each level of the search
> -- this is best com-
>               bined with other criteria, for example `odon' to sort 
> on  names  for files
>               within  the  same  directory.
> 
> I think that is what you want, but i'm not sure with that description :)
> ie, print -l **/*(.,odL)

  Hi Mikael ! 

  Thanks for reply ! :O)

  print -l **/*(.,odL) gives (zsh 4.2.5, Linux 2.6.12.3) 

		zsh: number expected
		
  ?

  Now I am totally confused.... X-)

  Happy zshing!
  Meino
 
> -- 
> Mikael Magnusson
>