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order the files by modification (thanks stanishjohnd) time, one file per output line and filter first 10
There are 3 alternatives - vote for the best!
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-t means sort by modification time. FYI, the last accessed time and last modified time are the only times saved on a traditional UNIX file system.
Further, some filesystems are mounted with the 'noatime' option set for improved performance and so access times are not recorded. If you really only want to scroll your terminal 10 lines then the command as above is the way to go, but I usually just type:
ls -ltrso that the most recently modified/accessed files are at the bottom of the list.
@stanishjohnd: thanks, i've updated the command
@bwoodacre: thanks, but I tend to use this in scripts