If I have a directory full of files and sub directories. What is the best way to list just the regular files which fall alphabetically before a given string?
Currently the best I can do using bash is the following:
for x in `find . -maxdepth 1 -type f | sort`
do
if [[ "$x" > './reference' ]]
then
break
fi
echo $x
done
I feel like there is a more concise way to do this, but I'm not sure what it is. Any ideas?
Best Answer
if you need all of them
if you need the first