How to Sort Output of "ls" Command By Last Modified Date and Time | Linux Today

How to Sort Output of “ls” Command By Last Modified Date and Time

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Aaron Kili
Oct 27, 2016

One of the commonest things a Linux user will always do on the command line is listing the contents of a directory. As we may already know, ls and dir are the two commands available on Linux for listing directory content, with the former being more popular and in most cases, preferred by users.

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Aaron Kili

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