you can try to delete the /dev/ad10 entry with sed and then just append it to the end manually using the printf(1) utility like so:
# ls /dev/ad* | sed s/"\/dev\/ad10"// | grep "/dev/ad" && printf "/dev/ad10\n" Does that help? Oliver On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 6:56 AM, Peter Steele <[email protected]> wrote: > I had tried that. It doesn't work: > > # ls -d1 /dev/ad* | sort -n > /dev/ad10 > /dev/ad4 > /dev/ad6 > /dev/ad8 > > I want the ad10 to appear last... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Giorgos Keramidas [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 4:31 PM > To: Peter Steele > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Sorting a device list > > On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:48:18 -0600, Peter Steele <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Can anyone recommend a quick and dirty way to sort a device list? For > example, if I do this: > > > > ls /dev/ad* | sort > > > > I get something like this: > > > > /dev/ad10 > > /dev/ad4 > > /dev/ad6 > > /dev/ad8 > > Just use `sort -n': > > ls -d1 /dev/ad* | sort -n > > It should work fine even when there are non-numeric prefix strings. > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > [email protected]" > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
