Unix shell

Obtaining an elapsed-time sorted list of Unix processes from a shell

I would like to obtain a sorted list of processes, sorted by elapsed time. I am aware of ps -o etime etc, but how exactly do i sort by a field with format [[dd]:[hh]]mm:ss ? Or is there a different way altogether to ask the OS to return a sorted list of processes, sorted by elapsed time?Thanks.

Answer Question   |  Oct 28 2007   1:57 PM GMT   |  asked by Nagendra.gd
CSH, Unix, Bash