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Old 05-22-2010
Error How to arrange the files according to time
hi friends, m new to unix environment..
i want to know that
"how could we arrange the various files in our unix system according to time at which they are accessed, and are there are ways that we can arrange them in ascending or descending manner..."

please help me out with full details...

its urgent..!!
# 2  
Old 05-22-2010
Code:
ls -ltu

and
Code:
ls -ltur

# 3  
Old 05-22-2010
Actually, -t and -u are mutually exclusive...but I think the OP will figure point is that it's available.
# 4  
Old 05-22-2010
What's wrong with my approach? Did you try it? It worked pretty nice for me and brought correct results.
Can you improve it?
Sorry if I got you wrong, but it sounds like I did a mistake...
# 5  
Old 05-22-2010
ls uses three different options to poll the file for access (atime), change (ctime) and modification (mtime) time attributes. Meanwhile, the -r flag/option will reverse the order of things.

hence...
Code:
$ ls -lt  file* 2>&1
-rw-rw-r--  1 curleb   sys        76392 May 11 16:07 file.csv
lrwxrwxrwx  1 curleb   sys            8 May 15 18:12 file.lnk -> file.csv
-rw-rw-r--  1 curleb   sys       554352 May 11 15:57 file.cpy

$ ls -lu  file* 2>&1
-rw-rw-r--  1 curleb   sys       554352 May 11 15:54 file.cpy
-rw-rw-r--  1 curleb   sys        76392 May 11 15:54 file.csv
lrwxrwxrwx  1 curleb   sys            8 May 15 18:12 file.lnk -> file.csv

$ ls -lc  file* 2>&1
-rw-rw-r--  1 curleb   sys       554352 May 11 16:05 file.cpy
-rw-rw-r--  1 curleb   sys        76392 May 11 16:07 file.csv
lrwxrwxrwx  1 curleb   sys            8 May 15 18:12 file.lnk -> file.csv

$ ls -ltr file* 2>&1
-rw-rw-r--  1 curleb   sys       554352 May 11 15:57 file.cpy
-rw-rw-r--  1 curleb   sys        76392 May 11 16:07 file.csv
lrwxrwxrwx  1 curleb   sys            8 May 15 18:12 file.lnk -> file.csv

$ ls -lur file* 2>&1
lrwxrwxrwx  1 curleb   sys            8 May 15 18:12 file.lnk -> file.csv
-rw-rw-r--  1 curleb   sys        76392 May 11 15:54 file.csv
-rw-rw-r--  1 curleb   sys       554352 May 11 15:54 file.cpy

$ ls -lcr file* 2>&1
lrwxrwxrwx  1 curleb   sys            8 May 15 18:12 file.lnk -> file.csv
-rw-rw-r--  1 curleb   sys        76392 May 11 16:07 file.csv
-rw-rw-r--  1 curleb   sys       554352 May 11 16:05 file.cpy

 
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