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FileNames retrieves a list of all files in a directory. But is there a way to order these files by their most recent modification time?

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    $\begingroup$ Try this: SortBy[FileNames["*", {Directory[]}], FileDate]. $\endgroup$ Mar 27, 2020 at 22:00
  • $\begingroup$ @LeonidShifrin that would make a good answer (it works). $\endgroup$
    – C. E.
    Mar 27, 2020 at 22:02
  • $\begingroup$ @C.E. Done as requested. $\endgroup$ Mar 29, 2020 at 14:43

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You need FileDate. It returns a DateObject, and is therefore directly suitable to be used in SortBy. For example:

 SortBy[FileNames["*", {Directory[]}], FileDate]

FileDate takes an optional second argument, which can specify types of changes one is interested in: "Access", "Change", "Creation", and "Modification", with the latter being the default (see documentation for more details).

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