Re: Sort files by filename

[Les Mikesell <lesmikesell gmail com>]

Mark Haney wrote:
> > count=xx
> > for i in $(ls <something>* | sort) ; do
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^
The |sort isn't necessary since the shell always returns wild-card 
expansions in sorted order.  In fact the ls isn't necessary either since 
the shell has already generated the list.
  for i in something*
will do the same thing.

> >     file_num=$(cut --delimiter=_ -f1 $i)
> >     while [ $count -lt $file_num ] ; do
> >         echo Missing file number $count   
> >         count++
> >     done
> > done

> This is great. I think now I have enough pieces to make something work. 
> I appreciate all the help.

The above doesn't help if you lose the 1st or last bunch of files.  Do 
you always get the same set every day?

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