[PLUG] Sort a file tree by last modified time

[Paul Jungwirth <pj@illuminatedcomputing.com>]

Hi All,

Does anyone know how to get a list of files (including within
subdirectories) sorted by last-modified time? I'm looking for output
roughly like this:

[Feb 15 13:12]  content/code/encc.md
[Feb 15 13:12]  content/code/solsystem
[Feb 15 13:12]  content/code/solsystem/solsystem.tar.gz
[Feb 15 13:14]  content/code/upload
[Feb 15 13:15]  content/code/upload.md
[Feb 29 10:42]  content/code/launch4j-maven-plugin.md
[Feb 29 10:44]  content/code
[Mar 23 16:08]  content/widget.html

I don't really care how the dates are formatted or whether they appear
first or last. Bonus points if I can filter by file type (e.g. show
just regular files and symlinks) and choose whether to reverse the
sorting or not (though that's easy enough by piping to tac).

Things I've tried already:

ls -ltrR .

This gives a separate listing for each subdirectory. I want *all* the
files sorted together. Also it doesn't show the full path of things.

tree -fiDt .

This is *so* close, but it keeps files within a given directory on
adjacent lines, and only sorts them within that group. What I really
want is to see all the recently-modified files down at the bottom.

find . -mtime 7

I don't want to guess about some cutoff point; I want to see all the
files. I just want the recently-changed ones to be prominent.

This seems so simple, and it's something I've wanted again and again
over the years. But none of the standard tools seem to do it. You
could almost combine `tree` with `sort`, but the timestamps tree
prints aren't consistent (e.g. year doesn't always appear). I guess
it's a job for a Perl/Ruby script, but does anyone know an easier way?

Thanks!

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