"Chas. Owens" <chas.ow...@gmail.com> writes:
>> Or do I have to analyze each file with stat or something?
> snip
>
> In the end, someone has to stat each file, but you should be able to
> get what you want like this:
>
> my @files =
> map { $_->[1] }
> sort { $b->[0] <=> $a->[0] }
> map { -f $_ ? [-M _, $_] : () }
> <*>;
[...]
(NOTE:
I sent a near indentical (to this) reply but never saw it arrive.
I hope this doesn't end up a duplicate. -ed HP)
Very nice, I really appreciate your full and thorough answer with
backup documentation and nice bit of documentation of your own making.
I'm sorry to admit I will need some time and careful study to really
understand your comments and the related URLS. I have a seriously
thick skull problem... takes me a lot of effort to get a grip on some
kinds of (usually) abstract thinking.
An example: Some yrs ago when I first started playing around with
shell code and awk it took me a very long time to finally get even the
basic idea of what an array is. Even that level of abstraction was a
hard reach for me.
But of course you can't help with the skull density factor.... hehe.
However you can a did supply a huge leg up with your full explanation.
I may not fully understand this mapping business (yet) but that didn't
stop me from being able to put your example to work immediately in the
current scripting effort. Thank you
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