in reply to Re: Sort files descending by date
in thread Sort files descending by date

(\d\d\d\d_\d\d_\d\d_\d\d_\d\d_\d\d_\d\d\d)

Perhaps it's just me but I find all those \ds confusing and would prefer to use quantifiers.

(\d{4}(?:_\d\d){5}_\d{3})

Also, the requirement was for a descending sort so I think

sort { $a->[1] cmp $b->[1] }

should be

sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }

Cheers,

JohnGG

Update: I should have read the OP more carefully, the sort required is actually ascending as fenLisesi points out.

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Re^3: Sort files descending by date
by fenLisesi (Priest) on Jun 19, 2007 at 09:53 UTC
    process the oldest files first, and the newest files last
      Whoops, sorry, missed that explanation in the OP, just went by the title.