# Lists. Need a bit of help

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**Created:** [8 August 2019 21:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/lists-need-a-bit-of-help/14157 "2019-08-08T21:30:24Z")\
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Thanks.

Ok, bit more information for you.

I get that the names in the file are _confusing_ for sorting.  
It isn't I want to sort them. That isn't needed. The lines are added in time order to the file.

I tried it with `tac` rather than `cat` and though it works...... Because the list on the screen is limited in size: the latest events are pushed off the top of the list by the older ones at the bottom, which isn't desirable.

So basically they are sorted.

But when I put them into that flow, the bottom is the newest and . . . (I've already said that. Oops.)

Looking at you suggesting (I believe) the `array.prototype.reverse()` option.  
I don't know how/where to add it. I need a bit more of a hint.

I'm guessing in the `template` node, but......

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