# Find Modified Files


In the current directory, you can see the most recently modified files with the `ls -ltr` command, which sorts the listing with the most recently changed directories and files last.

To search a directory and its children for the most recently changed files, use the `find` command and send the results to the `sort` command:

```command
find ~/Documents -type f -printf "%T@ %T+ %p\n" | sort -n
```

Here's how it works:

* **`find ~/Documents -type f`**: This part of the command searches for all files (`-type f`) within the `~/Documents` directory.
* **`-printf "%T@ %T+ %p\n"`**: This specifies the output format for each file found:
  * `%T@` prints the modification time as a numeric timestamp, which will be what `sort` uses to sort the results.
  * `%T+` prints the modification time in a human-readable format.
  * `%p` prints the file path.
  * `\n` ensures that each file's information is printed on a new line.
* **`| sort -n`**: This pipes the output of the `find` command to `sort`, which sorts the lines numerically (`-n`), based on the timestamp printed by `%T@`.

The most recent files are at the end of the list.