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Unix/Linux find and sort by date modified

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 2026334190 views
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Problem

How can I do a simple which would order the results by most recently modified? Here is the current I am using (I am doing a shell escape in PHP, so that is the reasoning for the variables): How could I have this order the search by most recently modified? (Note I do not want it to sort 'after' the search, but rather find the results based on what was most recently modified.)

Error Output

find '$dir' -name '$str'\* -print | head -10

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Fix for: Unix/Linux find and sort by date modified

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Use this: arguments from : : File's last modification time in the format specified by . : seconds since Jan. 1, 1970, 00:00 GMT, with fractional part. : locale's date and time (Sat Nov 04 12:02:33 EST 1989). : File's name.

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