Re: sorting files by date and names

This depends on how you're iterating through your files. But under the assumption you've got a list of strings which refer to file names you could do the following

my @sorted_files = sort map  { $_->[0]              }
                        sort { $a->[1] <=> $b->[1]  }
                        map  { [ $_, [stat]->[10] ] } @files;
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The main problem with this however is that ctime is not a true indication of the creation of the file (see. this node for more info).
HTH

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Re^2: sorting files by date and names by Win (Novice) on Mar 20, 2006 at 11:08 UTC
How would you modify that to sort by creation time and then by modification time?	[reply]
Re^3: sorting files by date and names by jdporter (Paladin) on Mar 20, 2006 at 11:16 UTC
Well, `[stat]->[10]` gives the "creation" time, and the modification time is in 9; so you could do this: `my @sorted_files = map { $_->[0] } sort { $a->[1] <=> $b->[1] or $a->[2] <=> $b->[2] } map { [ $_, [stat]->[10], [stat]->[9] ] } @files;` [download] But for some reason, I'm tempted to do this: `my @sorted_files = map { $_->[0] } sort { $a->[11] <=> $b->[11] or $a->[10] <=> $b->[10] } map { [ $_, stat ] } @files;` [download] We're building the house of the future together.	[reply] [d/l] [select]