ls -t option flag sorts files/directories list by time/date.
Syntax
$ ls -t [options] [file|dir]
Examples
Default list:
$ ls Desktop Downloads Pictures Templates Videos Documents Music Public todo.txt $
List sorted by time/date
$ ls -t Pictures Desktop Downloads Public Videos todo.txt Documents Music Templates $
Long listing format sorted by date/time:
$ ls -lt total 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 user user 120 2011-08-17 18:14 Pictures -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 131 2011-08-17 18:07 todo.txt drwxr-xr-x 2 user user 80 2011-08-17 16:52 Desktop drwxr-xr-x 2 user user 40 2011-08-17
16:52 Documents drwxr-xr-x 2 user user 40 2011-08-17 16:52 Downloads drwxr-xr-x 2 user user 40 2011-08-17 16:52 Music drwxr-xr-x 2 user user 40 2011-08-17 16:52 Public drwxr-xr-x 2 user user 40 2011-08-17
16:52 Templates drwxr-xr-x 2 user user 40 2011-08-17 16:52 Videos $