Ordenar arquivos por ordem de data de modificação

Colaboração: Rubens Queiroz de Almeida

Data de Publicação: 26 de agosto de 2013

A diretiva -t do comando ls ordena os arquivos segundo a data de modificação, do mais recente para o mais antigo.

$ ls -lt
total 2130696
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  6143130 Jul 23 08:29 openjdk-6-jre-lib_6b27-1.12.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.2_all.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   776302 Jul 23 08:29 icedtea-6-jre-cacao_6b27-1.12.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.2_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   512100 Jul 23 08:29 icedtea-6-jre-jamvm_6b27-1.12.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.2_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   225938 Jul 16 13:51 openjdk-7-jre_7u25-2.3.10-1ubuntu0.12.04.2_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  5535264 Jul 16 13:51 openjdk-7-jre-lib_7u25-2.3.10-1ubuntu0.12.04.2_all.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   515462 Jul 16 13:51 icedtea-7-jre-jamvm_7u25-2.3.10-1ubuntu0.12.04.2_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35431328 Jul 16 13:51 openjdk-7-jre-headless_7u25-2.3.10-1ubuntu0.12.04.2_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    87814 Jul 16 13:48 icedtea-6-plugin_1.2.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.3_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    87636 Jul 16 13:48 icedtea-7-plugin_1.2.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.3_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    16184 Jul 16 13:48 icedtea-netx_1.2.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.3_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   600200 Jul 16 13:48 icedtea-netx-common_1.2.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.3_all.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    93842 Jan  8  2012 nautilus-dropbox_0.7.1-2_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    59046 Nov 30  2011 python-gpgme_0.2-1_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    35224 Mai 14  2011 python-pypdf_1.13-1_all.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    22534 Out 17  2010 libunac1_1.8.0-6_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     6406 Out 17  2010 unaccent_1.8.0-6_amd64.deb

Esta é a forma padrão de ordenação. Caso queiramos a listagem na ordem reversa de data de modificação, acrescentamos a diretiva -r:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     6406 Out 17  2010 unaccent_1.8.0-6_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    22534 Out 17  2010 libunac1_1.8.0-6_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    35224 Mai 14  2011 python-pypdf_1.13-1_all.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    59046 Nov 30  2011 python-gpgme_0.2-1_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    93842 Jan  8  2012 nautilus-dropbox_0.7.1-2_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   600200 Jul 16 13:48 icedtea-netx-common_1.2.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.3_all.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    16184 Jul 16 13:48 icedtea-netx_1.2.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.3_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    87636 Jul 16 13:48 icedtea-7-plugin_1.2.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.3_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    87814 Jul 16 13:48 icedtea-6-plugin_1.2.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.3_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35431328 Jul 16 13:51 openjdk-7-jre-headless_7u25-2.3.10-1ubuntu0.12.04.2_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   515462 Jul 16 13:51 icedtea-7-jre-jamvm_7u25-2.3.10-1ubuntu0.12.04.2_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  5535264 Jul 16 13:51 openjdk-7-jre-lib_7u25-2.3.10-1ubuntu0.12.04.2_all.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   225938 Jul 16 13:51 openjdk-7-jre_7u25-2.3.10-1ubuntu0.12.04.2_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   512100 Jul 23 08:29 icedtea-6-jre-jamvm_6b27-1.12.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.2_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   776302 Jul 23 08:29 icedtea-6-jre-cacao_6b27-1.12.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.2_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  6143130 Jul 23 08:29 openjdk-6-jre-lib_6b27-1.12.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.2_all.deb

O comando find oferece funcionalidades semelhantes, com mais controle sobre a quantidade de arquivos exibidos.

Referências

• Linux / Unix: Sort ls Command Output By Last Modified Date and Time
• Man page comando ls