How to order files by last modified time in ruby?
How to get files in last modified time order in ruby? I was able to smash my keyboard enough to achieve this: file_info = Hash[*Dir.glob("*").collect {|file| [file, File.ctime(file)]}.flatten] sorted_file_info = file_info.sort_by { |k,v| v} sorted_files = sorted_file_info.collect { |file, created_at| file } But I wonder if there is more sophisticated way to do this? Phrogz How about simply: # If you want 'modified time', oldest first files_sorted_by_time = Dir['*'].sort_by{ |f| File.mtime(f) } # If you want 'directory change time' (creation time for Windows) files_sorted_by_time = Dir['*']