-t - Sort by modification time, newest first.ĭrwxr-xr-x 5 sk users 12288 May 1 17:32 Picturesĭrwxr-xr-x 9 sk users 4096 May 1 16:45 'VirtualBox VMs'ĭrwxr-xr-x 2 sk users 4096 Apr 24 20:30 Documentsĭrwxr-xr-x 2 sk users 4096 Apr 11 13:02 Desktop.To list files based on the modification time, run: $ ls -lt Find and sort files based on modification time using ls command $ ls -ltuĭrwxr-xr-x 18 sk users 4096 May 3 18:02 Personalĭrwxr-xr-x 3 sk users 4096 May 3 11:57 Notebooksĭrwxr-xr-x 9 sk users 4096 May 3 11:57 Officialĭrwxrwxr-x 3 sk users 4096 May 3 11:57 en-TEDĭrwxr-xr-x 5 sk users 4096 May 3 11:57 Soft_Backupĭrwxr-xr-x 9 sk users 4096 May 3 11:57 'VirtualBox VMs'ĭrwxr-xr-x 2 sk users 4096 May 3 11:57 Wallpapersĭrwxr-xr-x 2 sk users 4096 May 3 11:57 Publicĭrwxr-xr-x 2 sk users 4096 May 3 11:57 Documentsĭrwxr-xr-x 2 sk users 4096 May 3 11:57 Musicĭrwxr-xr-x 2 sk users 4096 May 3 11:57 Videosĭrwxr-xr-x 2 sk users 4096 May 3 11:56 Desktopĭrwxr-xr-x 2 sk users 4096 May 3 11:56 Templatesĭrwxr-xr-x 5 sk users 4096 May 2 20:53 Entertainment The following command will list files based on the last access time. Find and sort files based on last access time using ls command The sort command sorts the lines of text files and writes sorted concatenation of all FILE(s) to standard output.

The find command is used to search for files in a directory hierarchy.

If you didn't mention the directory, it will list the contents of current working directory. It will sort the entries of the given directory, alphabetically.

As may already know, the ls command lists a directory contents with additional information such as date and time of modification or access, permissions, size, owner, group etc.

Linux find files by date range