Not 'important' exactly - but it may help you locate a file you're looking for if you're not sure of the file-name but you know what day you installed it.
I have a folder where I make a new file every day, and the new file is always based upon the file for the day before. It is easiest to create the new file if the old one is siting near the top of the folder, which is what happens when it is sorted by creation date. If I sort by name it becomes a jumbled mess.
That depends on the nature of your data. Under advanced search options you can search for files modified on a certain date, or you can sort items in a folder by their last modified date.
In Windows Explorer, you can choose the "Details" view to help you find the most recently saved file. Once in this view, you can click on the "Date modified" column header to sort files by their last modified date, allowing you to easily identify the most recent files. Additionally, you can use the "Quick Access" section on the left pane, which often displays recently accessed or saved files for quick reference.
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Valgrind is a system software program that is used to sort database files according to file size and by usage. It also can sort by date, user, and by program.
Many file management app can help you with that. For example, I use File Expert. Let me show you how to do that.1.Download it from Google Play and install it.2. Open the app-Enter Folders-SD Card-Click the Sort Button(Circled in the pciture)-Choose the way you want it sorted-Done
ls list directory content-l long format, displaying Unix file types, permissions, number of hard links, owner, group, size, date, and file name-a lists all files in the given directory, which names begins with .-r Reverse the order of the sort.-t sort the list of files by modification time.This lists the most recently modified files at the end of the listing. ls -latr is a convenient way to see what has changed recently in a directory.
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A file may contain any data which may or may not be structured . To sort a file different sorting techniques can be used quick sort , merge sort etc. A sorted file is structured and make searching process easy.
The "sort" command.
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