Subject: bug#12907: Possible Bug in sort core utility

From: "Coffey, Terrence (Terrence) **CTR**" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:07:32 +0000

Hi Eric,Padraig,Bob and Paul,
Erics recommendation solves my question.
Thanks you all for your assistance,
Terence

[WFUser@RHEL63TEMP3942 ~]$ ls -lsd --sort=time /tmp/.[!.]*; ls -ls --sort=time /tmp
4 drwxrwxrwt. 2 root   root   4096 Nov 19 16:05 /tmp/.ICE-unix
4 drwxrwxrwt. 2 root   root   4096 Nov 19 16:05 /tmp/.X11-unix
4 -r--r--r--. 1 root   root     11 Nov 19 16:05 /tmp/.X0-lock
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:18 /tmp/.tc3
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:15 /tmp/.tc4
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:14 /tmp/.tc2
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:14 /tmp/.tc
4 drwx------. 2 WFUser WFUser 4096 Nov  9 17:39 /tmp/.esd-500
total 12
4 drwx------. 2 gdm    gdm    4096 Nov 19 16:06 orbit-gdm
4 drwx------. 2 gdm    gdm    4096 Nov 19 16:05 pulse-Jkx9hhtHj4dy
4 drwx------. 2 WFUser WFUser 4096 Nov  9 17:39 pulse-g9SlRO3UEqGg

[WFUser@RHEL63TEMP3942 ~]$ ls -rlsd --sort=time /tmp/.[!.]*; ls -rls --sort=time /tmp
4 drwx------. 2 WFUser WFUser 4096 Nov  9 17:39 /tmp/.esd-500
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:14 /tmp/.tc
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:14 /tmp/.tc2
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:15 /tmp/.tc4
4 -rw-rw-r--. 1 WFUser WFUser    5 Nov 16 18:18 /tmp/.tc3
4 -r--r--r--. 1 root   root     11 Nov 19 16:05 /tmp/.X0-lock
4 drwxrwxrwt. 2 root   root   4096 Nov 19 16:05 /tmp/.X11-unix
4 drwxrwxrwt. 2 root   root   4096 Nov 19 16:05 /tmp/.ICE-unix
total 12
4 drwx------. 2 WFUser WFUser 4096 Nov  9 17:39 pulse-g9SlRO3UEqGg
4 drwx------. 2 gdm    gdm    4096 Nov 19 16:05 pulse-Jkx9hhtHj4dy
4 drwx------. 2 gdm    gdm    4096 Nov 19 16:06 orbit-gdm
[WFUser@RHEL63TEMP3942 ~]$