core/qsort

Pure Bash QSort Support

core/qsort: Library Dependencies

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Library Configuration

`$qsort_compare_func`

Name of function to use for comparing two items. See the Comparison Functions section for more information and built-in options.

Internal functions

Public interface

`qsort()`

Sorts items ($@) into the named array ($1) using the original qsort algorithm.

$1 - Array to receive sorted items

$@ - Items to sort

`qsort_list()`

Sorts the named list ($1) in place using qsort().

Comparison Functions

The functions in this section are meant to be used as $qsort_compare_func. They each take two arguments:

$1 - First item to compare

$2 - Second item to compare

Returns: Success if the two items are in the correct order.

`compare_str_asc()`

Sorts strings in ascending order

`compare_str_asc()`

Sorts strings in descending order

`compare_int_asc()`

Sorts integers in ascending order

`compare_int_dsc()`

Sorts integers in descending order

`compare_int_asc()`

Sorts files by modification time in chronological order.

`compare_int_dsc()`

Sorts files by modification timein reverse chronological order .

core/qsort

Pure Bash QSort Support

Library Configuration

`$qsort_compare_func`

Internal functions

Public interface

`qsort()`

`qsort_list()`

Comparison Functions

`compare_str_asc()`

`compare_str_asc()`

`compare_int_asc()`

`compare_int_dsc()`

`compare_int_asc()`

`compare_int_dsc()`

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