$ find tmp/ -type f | xargs ls -ltrhg -rw-r--r-- 1 emacs 4.9K 2010-05-24 13:53 tmp/chunkmemoryallocator.h -rwxr-xr-x 1 emacs 5.9K 2010-05-24 14:11 tmp/global.h -rw------- 1 emacs 12K 2010-05-24 14:21 tmp/.test.txt.swp -rw-r--r-- 1 emacs 744 2010-05-24 14:33 tmp/test.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 emacs 39K 2010-05-24 14:45 tmp/loganalyzer -rw-r--r-- 1 emacs 2.3K 2010-05-24 15:55 tmp/loganalyzer.cpp -rw-r--r-- 1 emacs 1.5K 2010-05-24 16:41 tmp/browser.py
This uses the ability of find (at least the one from GNU findutils that is shiped with most linux distros) to display change time as part of its output. No xargs needed.
Works with files containing spaces and for very large directories.
here's a version which works on OS X.
List all files from the current directory and subdirectories, sorted by modification time, oldest first.
Any thoughts on this command? Does it work on your machine? Can you do the same thing with only 14 characters?
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