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    From nc4NNTP@outlook.com@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 20 21:49:07 2019
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    I can't understand these people who claim `ls -t` is not needed ?!
    If you're working in a Dir which has 50 files, some of them 5 years
    old, OBVIOUSLY you want the 3 to 7 of the current job to be at the
    TOP of the the list; or reversed order would still be usable.

    Android, whos `ls -l` I can't paste here, has an extra problem:
    that the drwx & lrwx entries have got the size-field missing.
    So simply `sorting` on `cut -f N-M` is not helpful.
    But I suspect that `awk` could do it?

    Please advise.

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  • From cfbsoftware@gmail.com@21:1/5 to nc4...@outlook.com on Thu Feb 21 02:38:19 2019
    On Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 8:19:07 AM UTC+10:30, nc4...@outlook.com wrote:
    This post is only partially related to oberon.
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    I can't understand these people who claim `ls -t` is not needed ?!
    If you're working in a Dir which has 50 files, some of them 5 years
    old, OBVIOUSLY you want the 3 to 7 of the current job to be at the
    TOP of the the list; or reversed order would still be usable.


    That sort of comment reminds me of many English tourists in the early days of continental travel who used to complain about not being able to get fish and chips or a decent cup of tea ... ;-)

    When I'm working in Windows I absolutely need to be able to sort by date as well as size, name etc. in ascending / descending order.

    However, my working practices in Oberon are totally different to how I work in Windows. It is so much easier in Oberon to create and gradually update a tool window that remains visible all the time and contains all the filenames, commands and everything
    else that I need for the task I am currently working on. Consequently I don't find myself endlessly searching for files and folders.

    Microsoft is obviously aware of these problems as they are gradually introducing these sort or techniques with features like 'recently used files and folders', 'Quick access' lists of folders etc. etc.

    Regards,
    Chris Burrows
    CFB Software
    http://www.astrobe.com

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  • From rugxulo@gmail.com@21:1/5 to nc4...@outlook.com on Fri Feb 22 15:04:53 2019
    Hi,

    On Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at 3:49:07 PM UTC-6, nc4...@outlook.com wrote:

    I can't understand these people who claim `ls -t` is not needed ?!
    ...
    that the drwx & lrwx entries have got the size-field missing.
    So simply `sorting` on `cut -f N-M` is not helpful.
    But I suspect that `awk` could do it?

    Try asking on news://comp.lang.awk or reading the (online) GAWK manual
    (which is quite good):

    * https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/

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