dired list files sorted by access time

Question

How can I list the output of this command

   ls -ltDR \`find . -maxdepth 4 -type f -name "*.org"\`  

within dired-buffer. The above command lists all org files sorted by access time.

Answer 1

First open dired buffer using M-x dired

Sorting by access time in dired buffer

You can change the sort command used to order the dired buffer.

To sort by access time...

C-u s

this will bring up a minibuffer and you type -lutR

The R will make dired recurse subdirectories

Showing only .org files

Following info from this thread here works:

http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.emacs.help/browse_thread/thread/acb20ee78c00e4ec#

(Andreas Politz)

Here is one way :

1. Mark all files you want to see with `%m'
2. Expression you need for .org files is ..org
3. Inverse the marks via `*t'
4. Invoke dired-do-kill-lines' withk'
5. When done, Reset the listing with `g'

Wrapped up in a function :

(defun dired-show-only (regexp) 
  (interactive "sFiles to show (regexp): ") 
  (dired-mark-files-regexp regexp) 
  (dired-toggle-marks) 
  (dired-do-kill-lines)) 

(define-key dired-mode-map [?%?h] 'dired-show-only)