Hi I need a code snippet that lists smallest to largest files in a hp-ux directory.

[Brad Sheldon]

 /usr/bin/ls -al *.db
   echo "\nChecking all databases\n----------------------"
   for i in *.db ; do
      spandbr -u $i
      case $? in
         0) echo "Database check successful, $i is in a consistent state."
            PASSED="${PASSED} $i"
            ;;
         *) echo "DATABASE CHECK failed. Error status is $?"
            FAILED="${FAILED} $i"
            ;;

[Bill Hassell · Accepted solution]

Smallest to largest::

ls -al *.db | sort -nk5

or largest to smallest

ls -al *.db | sort -rnk5