Sorting creation date within ls

When trying to find a file/folder in Linux filesystem using the ls command and we want to get when the file/folder is created and which file is the most recent to be listed first, we can basically use the -lUr options to get the exact output that we intend. Below is an example of the command in work.

-l (The lowercase letter ``ell''.) List in long format. (See

below.) If the output is to a terminal, a total sum for all the

file sizes is output on a line before the long listing.

-U Use time of file creation, instead of last modification for sort-

ing (-t) or long output (-l).

-r Reverse the order of the sort to get reverse lexicographical

order or the oldest entries first (or largest files last, if com-

bined with sort by size

jeff-iMac:~ jeff$ ls -lUr

total 0

drwxr-xr-x+ 5 jeff staff 170 Nov 20 12:46 Sites

drwxr-xr-x+ 5 jeff staff 170 Jun 19 2009 Public

drwx------+ 4 jeff staff 136 Nov 20 12:46 Pictures

drwx------+ 4 jeff staff 136 Jun 19 2009 Music

drwx------+ 3 jeff staff 102 Jun 19 2009 Movies

drwx------+ 29 jeff staff 986 Jun 19 2009 Library

drwx------+ 4 jeff staff 136 Jun 19 2009 Downloads

drwx------+ 4 jeff staff 136 Jun 19 2009 Documents

drwx------+ 4 jeff staff 136 Jun 19 2009 Desktop

I hope this helps!