Re: What's the difference between stat and sort?

If you want the lexically last file in the directory, you don't need to sort as glob sorts it output anyway--least on my system it does.

perl -le"print +(<*>)[-1]"
XXX_I386
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Re^2: What's the difference between stat and sort? by beable (Friar) on Jul 15, 2004 at 10:35 UTC
"At least on my system"? Oh now that's not good enough! perldoc -f glob says: "Beginning with v5.6.0, this operator is implemented using the standard "File::Glob" extension. See File::Glob for details." perldoc File::Glob says: ""GLOB_NOSORT" By default, the pathnames are sorted in ascending ASCII order; this flag prevents that sorting (speeding up bsd_glob())." So there we go, a definitive answer for Perls greater than 5.6.0. As for previous Perls, upgrade already!	[reply]
Re^3: What's the difference between stat and sort? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jul 15, 2004 at 10:55 UTC
I didn't need to look it up. I already knew it sorted on my system :) Upgrade? Examine what is said, not who speaks. "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham "Think for yourself!" - Abigail "Memory, processor, disk in that order on the hardware side. Algorithm, algoritm, algorithm on the code side." - tachyon	[reply]