-l (The lowercase letter ``ell''.) List in long format. (See below.) A total sumfor all the file sizes is output on a line before the long listing.
-r Reverse the order of the sort to get reverse lexicographical order or the oldest entries first (or largest files last, if com-
bined with sort by size
-t Sort by time modified (most recently modified first) before sorting the operands by lexicographical order.
-u Use time of last access, instead of last modification of the filefor sorting (-t) or long printing (-l).
-U Use time of file creation, instead of last modification for sorting (-t) or long output (-l).
For example
# sort by modify time descls -lt
#sort by modify time ascls -ltr