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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# find and list the latest modified files in a directory with subdirectories and times
+#
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5566310/how-to-recursively-find-and-list-the-latest-modified-files-in-a-directory-with-s
+
+find $1 -type f -exec stat --format '%Y :%y %n' "{}" \; | sort -nr | cut -d: -f2- | head -n 15
+
+# alternative
+# find $1 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 stat --format '%Y :%y %n' | sort -nr | cut -d: -f2- | head -n 15
+