Am Dienstag, den 31.07.2007, 11:00 -0400 schrieb Miner, Jonathan W (CSC) (US SSA): > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Mark Haney > Sent: Tue 07/31/2007 10:52 AM > To: For users of Fedora > Cc: > Subject: Sort files by filename > > This is really a general linux question. I have a series of files in a > format like this: > > XXXX20070515_112011_942_10.bz2 > XXXX20070515_112011_942_12.bz2 etc, > > and I am trying to find a way to do 2 things, one, sort these files in > order, and then once in order, find the files that are numerically > missing based on the last 2 numbers in the file name. So if I have (as > above I want to know that file XXXX20070515_112011_942_11.bz2 is > missing. Can someone get me started on this, I'm stumped. Just an example tip which simply works with a counter, hope helps you. a) Do you really need the sorting stuff? I didnt mess with that. b) the counter: [rodolfoap] /home/rodolfoap > for n in $(seq 10 40); do touch XXXX20070515_112011_942_${n}.bz2; done [rodolfoap] /home/rodolfoap > rm XXXX20070515_112011_942_11.bz2 [rodolfoap] /home/rodolfoap > rm XXXX20070515_112011_942_22.bz2 [rodolfoap] /home/rodolfoap > rm XXXX20070515_112011_942_33.bz2 [rodolfoap] /home/rodolfoap > for n in $(seq 10 40); do if [ ! -e *_${n}.bz2 ]; then echo NOT FOUND: $n; fi; done NOT FOUND: 11 NOT FOUND: 22 NOT FOUND: 33 [rodolfoap] /home/rodolfoap > Good luck. -- Rodolfo Alcazar Responsable red y datos Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH Programa de Apoyo a la Gestión Pública Descentralizada y Lucha Contra La Pobreza - PADEP Av. Sánchez Lima 2226 La Paz, Bolivia Tel: +591 22417628 (121) Fax: +591 22417628 (126) Web: www.padep.org.bo Email: rodolfo.alcazar@xxxxxxxxxxxx