On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 12:35 PM, erikmccaskey64 <erikmccaskey64 at zoho.com> wrote: > > Original: > Jan 23 2011 10:42 SOMETHING 2007.12.20.avi > Jun 26 2009 SOMETHING 2009.06.25.avi > Feb 12 2010 SOMETHING 2010.02.11.avi > Jan 29 2011 09:17 SOMETHING 2011.01.27.avi > Feb 11 2011 20:06 SOMETHING 2011.02.10.avi > Feb 27 2011 23:05 SOMETHING 2011.02.24.avi > Output: > Feb 27 2011 23:05 SOMETHING 2011.02.24.avi > Feb 11 2011 20:06 SOMETHING 2011.02.10.avi > Jan 29 2011 09:17 SOMETHING 2011.01.27.avi > Jan 23 2011 10:42 SOMETHING 2007.12.20.avi > Feb 12 2010 SOMETHING 2010.02.11.avi > Jun 26 2009 SOMETHING 2009.06.25.avi > How could I get the output where the newest file is at the top? > You keep asking your questions in (at least) both CentOS and Ubuntu lists. Which OS are you using? More importantly, have you considered looking things like this up in the man pages, then on the web where really basic questions like this are easily found, with answers?