You may want to list the files in a directory based on last modified time and date from the latest to the oldest, you will need to use -t
% ls -lt
drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 4096 Mar 29 13:40 mono
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 42 Mar 29 13:40 mono-source-libs
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Dec 21 12:55 libnss_centrifyda.so.0 -> libnss_centrifyda.so.2
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 62 Dec 21 12:54 security
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Dec 21 12:54 libnss_centrifydc.so.0 -> libnss_centrifydc.so.2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Dec 21 12:54 libnss_centrify_logonly.so.0 -> libnss_centrify_logonly.so.2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 238560 Nov 17 09:13 libnss_centrifydc.so.2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 140064 Nov 17 09:13 libnss_centrify_logonly.so.2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 159112 Nov 9 02:39 libnss_centrifyda.so.2
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 40 Jul 25 2021 fastx
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 100 Dec 11 2020 modprobe.d
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 180 Oct 26 2020 rstudio-server
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If you want a sorting from the oldest to the latest, you use the -r option
% ls -ltr
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-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 159112 Nov 9 02:39 libnss_centrifyda.so.2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 140064 Nov 17 09:13 libnss_centrify_logonly.so.2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 238560 Nov 17 09:13 libnss_centrifydc.so.2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Dec 21 12:54 libnss_centrify_logonly.so.0 -> libnss_centrify_logonly.so.2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Dec 21 12:54 libnss_centrifydc.so.0 -> libnss_centrifydc.so.2
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 62 Dec 21 12:54 security
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Dec 21 12:55 libnss_centrifyda.so.0 -> libnss_centrifyda.so.2
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 42 Mar 29 13:40 mono-source-libs
drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 4096 Mar 29 13:40 mono