As the root user, you can sort log file list messages according to priority, date, source, message, or facility. You can sort the messages in either descending or ascending order. By default, messages are sorted in ascending order.
To sort log file list messages in descending order
1. Click Application Starter, Applications, System, Event Viewer.
2. Click one of the following list headers:
Prioritysorts the files in order of urgency
Datesorts the files chronologically
Sourcesorts the files alphabetically
Messagesorts the files alphabetically
Facilitysorts the file alphabetically
To sort log files list messages in ascending order
1. Click Application Starter, Applications, System, Event Viewer.
2. Click the list header to sort.