linux locate command sort by date

Question

The linux locate command is great at finding files quicky.

My question: how can we use the locate command so that the results are returned in date/time order?

RedGrittyBrick · Answer 1 · 2012-08-27 11:49:41Z

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How about:

ls -td $(locate something)

or

ls -td1 $(locate something)

edited Aug 27 '12 at 11:49

answered Aug 27 '12 at 11:36

RedGrittyBrick
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	Maybe a `-d` would be handy, too. – choroba Aug 27 '12 at 11:47
	@choroba: good point, I'll update the answer. – RedGrittyBrick Aug 27 '12 at 11:49

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