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Find files alphabetically before a given string

If I have a directory full of files and sub directories. What is the best way to list just the regular files which fall alphabetically before a given string? Currently the best I can do using bash is ...
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Text file look-up by column

I have a file in this format: [#] OWNER_NAME NAME SIZE [6] Robottinosino Software 200 [42] Robottinosino Ideas worth zero 188 [12] ...
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How to print the longest line in a file?

I'm looking for the simplest method to print the longest line in a file. I did some googling and surprisingly couldn't seem to find an answer. I frequently print the length of the longest line in a ...