How to Sort current folder by modified date via script/bat.

[Marc]

Basically I want to replicate the same function of "Sort by" in Windows, but instead of manually clicking:
right button > Sort by > Modified date
run a script stored in the same folder for which I want to sort folders and files (I don't mind that folders are listed first).

[Midas]

If you mean to go via CLI, this will do it nicely:

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   dir /OD /TW

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  • (meaning Order by Date, use Time of last Write; an optional "/S" might be needed for inclusion of Sub-folders).

If you meant to interact with the GUI, I'm outta here...

[Marc]

Thank you Midas!!
I must be doing something wrong...
I created a bat file with the code in a test folder with some files and nothing happened. I manually refreshed the folder without result.
I have been researching in autohotkey forums but it seems the solutions are language dependent.

[Midas]

Care to share your batch code?

Nothing is supposed to happen here: it just generates a listing of the filesystem objects sorted accordingly.

If you want to capture that listing, you'll have to pipe it into a text file with something like "> output.txt".

Adding an optional "\B" might be called for to do away with the extra info...

[Marc]

So far what I have found
https://autohotkey.com/board/topic/5579 ... lder-view/
Unfortunately I haven't managed to ge it to work...

Nothing is supposed to happen here: it just generates a listing of the filesystem objects sorted accordingly.

Rather than a list I'd get explorer to open with a given type of sorting.

I apologize for the late response (had a power outage).

[Midas]

No can do. And, as said previously, I'm outta here...