I'd like to sort a directory by the files that were last modified in raku. I'm getting the list of files like this:
"directory/".IO.dir;
Is there a simple way to do this?
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.dir returns a sequence of IO::Path objects.
The IO::Path object has a .modified method that returns the Instant the directory entry was modified.
Combine the all of this:
say "$_: $_.modified.DateTime()" for "lib".IO.dir.sort(*.modified);
And you get a list of files in the "lib" directory, with their modification DateTime in ascending order.
To get it in descending order, either use -*.modified, or call .reverse on the result.
As to sort performance: when you call sort with a Callable that accepts a single argument, it will do a Schwartzian transform for you under the hood.
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