How Do I Sort Files by Date in Unix?

Question: How to list Unix files in date order? In order to ls by date or list Unix files in last modifed date order use the -t flag which is for ‘time last modified’. or to ls by date in reverse date order use the -t flag as before but this time with the -r flag which is for ‘reverse’.

How do I sort by date in Unix?

Multilevel sort

1. -n : sort numeric data.
2. -k 2.9 : Select 2nd filed and 9th character for sorting (i.e sort on last digit of year)
3. -k 2.5 : Select 2nd field and 5th character for sorting (i.e. sort on last digit of month)
4. -k 2 : Select 2nd field and sort it out.
5. data. file. txt : Input file.

How do I sort files by date?

Click the sort option in the top right of the Files area and select Date from the dropdown. Once you have Date selected, you will see an option to switch between descending and ascending order.