This trick obviously applies to the command line and Terminal, but sorting by date and variations of date modified or last date opened can be incredibly useful for Finder as well. The output will be same except it has been shown in reverse order, with oldest modified date on top and most recently modified date and time on the bottom. If you want to reverse the order so that the most recently modified items are on the bottom of the ls command output, you can add the -r flag as well like so: This also makes it an easy to remember flag of -halt, used like so: My personal preference for sorting ls output by date modified is to use -lt but also include -h for human readable sizes, and -a for showing all dot prefixed files as well. Show ls Sort by Date, Human Readable, All Files The most recently modified items will be shown at the top of the command output, rather than showing the returned list in alphabetical order.
Type ls and press the Return key, and you’ll see the folders (and/or files) in the current directory.The -t flag will sort ls command output by last modified date and time, but for best results you’ll likely want to apply it with the -l long listing flag, and perhaps a few others as well. To do that you use the ls (or list) command. While you’re there-or when you’re in any folder ( directory in Unix-speak)-you might want to know what’s in it. When you first get to the command line, you’re in your home folder. The % is a character that the shell (the default interface that Terminal uses) displays to indicate that it’s ready to accept a command.(In the Finder, that’s the folder with your user name and the house icon.) ~ is a shortcut that means the current user’s Home folder. The ~ shows where you are in the file system of the Mac.Mac-Pro-8 is the name of the Mac (same as the Computer Name in the Sharing pane of System Preferences).
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