Find files and list them sorted by modification time

find . -type f -exec stat -f '%m %N' {} \; | sort -n

here's a version which works on OS X.

By: cellularmitosis

2012-06-20 00:13:52

find sort stat sort find xargs stat

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Find files and list them sorted by modification time

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.
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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find -printf "%C@ %p\n"|sort

oivvio · 2013-06-19 10:42:49 12
Find files and list them sorted by modification time

Works with files containing spaces and for very large directories.
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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find -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 stat -c %y\ %n | sort

dooblem · 2010-05-29 13:40:18 11
Find files and list them sorted by modification time

find and normal files and list them sorting with modification time without group l: with detailed information t: sort with modification time r: reverse order h: show file's size in human-readable format, such as K(kilobytes), M(megabyes) etc. g: do not show group Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
$ 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
```
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find . -type f | xargs ls -ltrhg

emacs · 2010-05-28 01:23:53 5
Find files and list them sorted by modification time
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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find -type f | xargs ls -1tr

unixmonkey50727 · 2013-03-20 16:43:54 5
Find files and list them sorted by modification time

List all files from the current directory and subdirectories, sorted by modification time, oldest first.
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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find . -type f -exec ls -tr {} +

goodevilgenius · 2010-05-27 14:52:28 7

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