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Re: Printing files in date order...

Subject: Re: Printing files in date order...
From: Emmanuel <email@hidden>
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 19:25:30 +0100

At 8:32 AM -0700 2/8/06, David Crowe wrote:

The Finder always seems to dish out the contents of a folder in alphabetical order.

Is there a simple solution if you want to print files, or do other operations, in order of, say, modification date? Simpler than building a script around a sort routine?


You can use the shell command "ls" with the "-t" option:

do shell script "ls -t " & quoted form of posix path of theAlias

Emmanuel
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