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[Paul Howarth]

roland brouwers wrote:
> roland brouwers wrote:
> 
>>Hello everybody,
>>
>>Could someone tell me how I can 
>>List all filenames in a directory, sorted by time 
>>And then
>>Copying each file in this order to one file line by line, each line
>>preceded by the first character of the filename
> 
> 
> That's a one-liner:
> 
> $ awk '{ print substr(FILENAME, 1, 1) $0 }' $(ls -rt) > /path/to/output
> 
> If you actually want to see the list of files, as suggested by the way 
> you worded the request, use:
> 
> $ ls -1rt
> 
> Paul.
> 
> =========================
> Dear Paul,
> 
> This line
> $ awk '{ print substr(FILENAME, 1, 1) $0 }' $(ls -rt) > /path/to/output
> 
> puts the first char of filename on a separated line.
> How do I remove this linefeed, like echo -n does, so both will appear on
> the same line?

It doesn't behave like that here:

$ mkdir demo
$ cd demo
$ echo fred > a
$ echo jim > b
$ awk '{ print substr(FILENAME, 1, 1) $0 }' $(ls -rt)
afred
bjim

> This will generate a linux textfile, I suppose. Is there a way of
> turning it into a Windows file with CrLf without using unix2dos?

A slight tweak:

$ awk '{ printf "%c%s\r\n", substr(FILENAME, 1, 1), $0 }' $(ls -rt) > 
/path/to/output

Paul.