how to sort files by their permissions using ls?
I have a large number of files and directories in one directory.
I need to sort them in terms of the permissions.
For example
drwx------
drwxr-xr-x
drwxr-x---
I am just wondering if we can sort the files and dirs using ls?
ls sort
edited Oct 31 '14 at 23:16
Gilles
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asked Oct 31 '14 at 12:18
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I have a large number of files and directories in one directory.
I need to sort them in terms of the permissions.
For example
drwx------
drwxr-xr-x
drwxr-x---
I am just wondering if we can sort the files and dirs using ls?
ls sort
edited Oct 31 '14 at 23:16
Gilles
539k12810901606
asked Oct 31 '14 at 12:18
Chenming ZhangChenming Zhang
5181711
1
ls -l|sortwill sort by permissions.
– geedoubleya
Oct 31 '14 at 12:22
add a comment |
I have a large number of files and directories in one directory.
I need to sort them in terms of the permissions.
For example
drwx------
drwxr-xr-x
drwxr-x---
I am just wondering if we can sort the files and dirs using ls?
ls sort
edited Oct 31 '14 at 23:16
Gilles
539k12810901606
asked Oct 31 '14 at 12:18
Chenming ZhangChenming Zhang
5181711
I have a large number of files and directories in one directory.
I need to sort them in terms of the permissions.
For example
drwx------
drwxr-xr-x
drwxr-x---
I am just wondering if we can sort the files and dirs using ls?
ls sort
ls sort
edited Oct 31 '14 at 23:16
Gilles
539k12810901606
asked Oct 31 '14 at 12:18
Chenming ZhangChenming Zhang
5181711
edited Oct 31 '14 at 23:16
Gilles
539k12810901606
asked Oct 31 '14 at 12:18
Chenming ZhangChenming Zhang
5181711
edited Oct 31 '14 at 23:16
Gilles
539k12810901606
edited Oct 31 '14 at 23:16
Gilles
539k12810901606
edited Oct 31 '14 at 23:16
Gilles
539k12810901606
539k12810901606
asked Oct 31 '14 at 12:18
Chenming ZhangChenming Zhang
5181711
asked Oct 31 '14 at 12:18
Chenming ZhangChenming Zhang
5181711
asked Oct 31 '14 at 12:18
Chenming ZhangChenming Zhang
5181711
5181711
1
ls -l|sortwill sort by permissions.
– geedoubleya
Oct 31 '14 at 12:22
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1
ls -l|sortwill sort by permissions.
– geedoubleya
Oct 31 '14 at 12:22
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1
ls -l|sort will sort by permissions.– geedoubleya
Oct 31 '14 at 12:22
ls -l|sort will sort by permissions.– geedoubleya
Oct 31 '14 at 12:22
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ls does not directly support sorting by permissions, but you can combine it with the sort command:
ls -l | sort
You can use the -k option to sort to start matching from a specific character, the format is -k FIELD.CHAR, the permissions are the first field in the ls output. So e.g. -k 1.2 will start from the second character of the permission string, which will ignore any directory / device / link etc. flag, or -k 1.5 for sorting by group permissions.
If you don't want the additional output of ls -l, you can remove it with awk:
ls -l | sort | awk '{ print $1, $NF}'
This will print only the first field (the permissions) and the last one (the filename).
answered Oct 31 '14 at 12:37
crater2150crater2150
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If you don't want additional output it much easy to usestatcommandstat -c"%A %n" * | sort
– Costas
Oct 31 '14 at 15:28
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You can also sort by octal value.
for i in *; do stat --format="%a %n" "$i"; done | sort -n
edited Oct 31 '14 at 15:50
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answered Oct 31 '14 at 15:30
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Which option to the ls will sort the output by file size?
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ls does not directly support sorting by permissions, but you can combine it with the sort command:
ls -l | sort
You can use the -k option to sort to start matching from a specific character, the format is -k FIELD.CHAR, the permissions are the first field in the ls output. So e.g. -k 1.2 will start from the second character of the permission string, which will ignore any directory / device / link etc. flag, or -k 1.5 for sorting by group permissions.
If you don't want the additional output of ls -l, you can remove it with awk:
ls -l | sort | awk '{ print $1, $NF}'
This will print only the first field (the permissions) and the last one (the filename).
answered Oct 31 '14 at 12:37
crater2150crater2150
2,61821523
1
If you don't want additional output it much easy to usestatcommandstat -c"%A %n" * | sort
– Costas
Oct 31 '14 at 15:28
add a comment |
ls does not directly support sorting by permissions, but you can combine it with the sort command:
ls -l | sort
You can use the -k option to sort to start matching from a specific character, the format is -k FIELD.CHAR, the permissions are the first field in the ls output. So e.g. -k 1.2 will start from the second character of the permission string, which will ignore any directory / device / link etc. flag, or -k 1.5 for sorting by group permissions.
If you don't want the additional output of ls -l, you can remove it with awk:
ls -l | sort | awk '{ print $1, $NF}'
This will print only the first field (the permissions) and the last one (the filename).
answered Oct 31 '14 at 12:37
crater2150crater2150
2,61821523
1
If you don't want additional output it much easy to usestatcommandstat -c"%A %n" * | sort
– Costas
Oct 31 '14 at 15:28
add a comment |
ls does not directly support sorting by permissions, but you can combine it with the sort command:
ls -l | sort
You can use the -k option to sort to start matching from a specific character, the format is -k FIELD.CHAR, the permissions are the first field in the ls output. So e.g. -k 1.2 will start from the second character of the permission string, which will ignore any directory / device / link etc. flag, or -k 1.5 for sorting by group permissions.
If you don't want the additional output of ls -l, you can remove it with awk:
ls -l | sort | awk '{ print $1, $NF}'
This will print only the first field (the permissions) and the last one (the filename).
answered Oct 31 '14 at 12:37
crater2150crater2150
2,61821523
ls does not directly support sorting by permissions, but you can combine it with the sort command:
ls -l | sort
You can use the -k option to sort to start matching from a specific character, the format is -k FIELD.CHAR, the permissions are the first field in the ls output. So e.g. -k 1.2 will start from the second character of the permission string, which will ignore any directory / device / link etc. flag, or -k 1.5 for sorting by group permissions.
If you don't want the additional output of ls -l, you can remove it with awk:
ls -l | sort | awk '{ print $1, $NF}'
This will print only the first field (the permissions) and the last one (the filename).
answered Oct 31 '14 at 12:37
crater2150crater2150
2,61821523
answered Oct 31 '14 at 12:37
crater2150crater2150
2,61821523
answered Oct 31 '14 at 12:37
crater2150crater2150
2,61821523
answered Oct 31 '14 at 12:37
crater2150crater2150
2,61821523
2,61821523
1
If you don't want additional output it much easy to usestatcommandstat -c"%A %n" * | sort
– Costas
Oct 31 '14 at 15:28
add a comment |
1
If you don't want additional output it much easy to usestatcommandstat -c"%A %n" * | sort
– Costas
Oct 31 '14 at 15:28
1
1
If you don't want additional output it much easy to use
stat command stat -c"%A %n" * | sort– Costas
Oct 31 '14 at 15:28
If you don't want additional output it much easy to use
stat command stat -c"%A %n" * | sort– Costas
Oct 31 '14 at 15:28
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You can also sort by octal value.
for i in *; do stat --format="%a %n" "$i"; done | sort -n
edited Oct 31 '14 at 15:50
Ramesh
23.7k34104185
answered Oct 31 '14 at 15:30
LinuxGuruLinuxGuru
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add a comment |
You can also sort by octal value.
for i in *; do stat --format="%a %n" "$i"; done | sort -n
edited Oct 31 '14 at 15:50
Ramesh
23.7k34104185
answered Oct 31 '14 at 15:30
LinuxGuruLinuxGuru
30912
add a comment |
You can also sort by octal value.
for i in *; do stat --format="%a %n" "$i"; done | sort -n
edited Oct 31 '14 at 15:50
Ramesh
23.7k34104185
answered Oct 31 '14 at 15:30
LinuxGuruLinuxGuru
30912
You can also sort by octal value.
for i in *; do stat --format="%a %n" "$i"; done | sort -n
edited Oct 31 '14 at 15:50
Ramesh
23.7k34104185
answered Oct 31 '14 at 15:30
LinuxGuruLinuxGuru
30912
edited Oct 31 '14 at 15:50
Ramesh
23.7k34104185
edited Oct 31 '14 at 15:50
Ramesh
23.7k34104185
edited Oct 31 '14 at 15:50
Ramesh
23.7k34104185
23.7k34104185
answered Oct 31 '14 at 15:30
LinuxGuruLinuxGuru
30912
answered Oct 31 '14 at 15:30
LinuxGuruLinuxGuru
30912
answered Oct 31 '14 at 15:30
LinuxGuruLinuxGuru
30912
30912
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ls -l|sortwill sort by permissions.– geedoubleya
Oct 31 '14 at 12:22