sorting by date

[davef101]

i have several text files in a directory, all formated like so:

Date|27/10/2006
Order Number|123456
First Name|Blah
Last Name|Blah

etc ..

question is, how do i sort and display the contents of each file by day of the month ?

Thanks in advance

 

[KevinADC]

does that date correspond with the date the file was created? If so you can sort the file by their creation date or last modified date. If not, you have to open each one, parse out the date and use a sort routine. How many files are you needing to sort?

- Kevin, perl coder unexceptional!