heiser@cca.UUCP (Bill Heiser) (09/17/84)
Yes, there is a way to sort IBM PC directories, but since I don't have a DOS manual here, I can't give you the command. There is a method of running the dir command through the sort filter, as I recall. Check under Filters and/or Pipelines.
seaburg@uiucdcs.UUCP (09/21/84)
To sort a directory, enter dir | sort If you don't want it to scroll away from you before you can read it, try dir | sort | more instead. SORT and MORE are not resident commands in DOS 2.1, so they must be on the disk. These create temporary files for the pipeline, so you must have enough space for them also. (The temporary files get erased at the end of the pipe, I believe.)
thielges@uiucdcsb.UUCP (09/21/84)
To sort a directory, type the command : dir | sort/+14 source : IBM-PC DOS manual, page 10-26 Bart Thielges
thielges@uiucdcsb.UUCP (09/21/84)
oops, my sort command suggestion sorts by size. Leave off the /+14
guido@mcvax.UUCP (Guido van Rossum) (09/25/84)
I have a C program which does this. In fact, it mimics the behaviour of "ls" on Unix. However, it only prints the file names, N per line. On request, I will post it (though you should be able to write it yourself). You need a Lattice C compiler and DOS 2.0. -- Guido van Rossum, "Stamp Out BASIC" Committee, CWI, Amsterdam guido @ mcvax