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Change order by creation date
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reset_creation_date.sh
#!/bin/bash
COUNTER=$(($(ls -l | wc -l)-1))
IFS=$'\n' # make new lines the only separator
for f in `ls | sort -n`
do
# for linux: touch -t `date -v-${COUNTER}S '+%Y%m%d%H%M.%S'` $f
SetFile -d `date -v-${COUNTER}S '+%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S'` $f # Mac OS X
COUNTER=$((COUNTER-1))
done
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halk commented Sep 5, 2015

Had to use this to get order into mp3 files for the EasyAcc external speaker which sorts by creation date

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shuq007 commented Sep 21, 2019 •
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touch in linux only changes files modified date/time but wont change the creation date/time as linux do not have the creation date or time concept.

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