How do I find files with a greater numerical value than a file based upon timestamp in the filename

Question

New to Linux and bash shell scripting so any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Edit:

I'm looking to find all files in a directory with a greater numerical filename than another filename uising a bash shell script.

The filename being used for comparison: Jimmy_1_2019-05-11-070001.csv

My Files :

 Jimmy_1_2019-05-11-094501.csv
 Jimmy_1_2019-05-11-093001.csv
 Jimmy_1_2019-05-11-091501.csv 
 Jimmy_1_2019-05-11-090001.csv 
 Jimmy_1_2019-05-11-070001.csv

I want my output to look like this:

 Jimmy_1_2019-05-11-094501.csv
 Jimmy_1_2019-05-11-093001.csv
 Jimmy_1_2019-05-11-091501.csv
 Jimmy_1_2019-05-11-090001.csv

Christian Fritz · Accepted Answer · 2021-04-12T18:14:12.267

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X='Jimmy_1_2019-05-11-070001.csv'
for n in `ls`; do   # run this in the folder with your files
  if [[ $n > $X ]]; then
    echo $n;
  fi;
done

Example:

> ls
Jimmy_1_2019-05-11-070001.csv  Jimmy_1_2019-05-11-091501.csv  Jimmy_1_2019-05-11-094501.csv
Jimmy_1_2019-05-11-090001.csv  Jimmy_1_2019-05-11-093001.csv

> ./../so1.sh 
Jimmy_1_2019-05-11-090001.csv
Jimmy_1_2019-05-11-091501.csv
Jimmy_1_2019-05-11-093001.csv
Jimmy_1_2019-05-11-094501.csv

edited Apr 12 '21 at 18:14

answered Apr 12 '21 at 16:03

Christian Fritz

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Hi Thanks for answering. I tried this solution, but it echoed the first line of each file instead of comparing the filenames. My /tmp/d.txt is a directory not a file. – MrG00dBurger Apr 12 '21 at 16:44
OK, updated to use a directory listing instead – Christian Fritz Apr 12 '21 at 17:04
Still no dice; the if statement isn't being applied to the output – MrG00dBurger Apr 12 '21 at 18:09
are you sure you are using `bash`? – Christian Fritz Apr 12 '21 at 18:15
This code worked, I had the incorrect 'ls' command in the loop. I needed to refine the output. – MrG00dBurger Apr 12 '21 at 19:17

How do I find files with a greater numerical value than a file based upon timestamp in the filename

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