List Recently Modified Files

Lists the most recently modified files/dirs in the current directory.

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Usage: lsl
lsl(n), where n = number of files to display.
Default n = 20.

Lists the most recently modified files/dirs (and their accompanying details) in the current directory.

Provides the equivalent of Unix's "ls -lt | head" from within Matlab on Linux or Windows. Yup, this is quite trivial, but I can't use Matlab without this anymore.

This only displays *.m, *.mat, *.fig, *.txt, and directories, other than those in the dirExclude variable, such as .cvs, .svn, etc. Just modify indicated variables to change this behavior.

Cite As

Michael Coen (2026). List Recently Modified Files (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/25081-list-recently-modified-files), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.0.0.0