You might be asking yourself why would I care to list the last modified file/s right? Well if your in the security world then you know sometimes it’s important especially in a compromised server/workstation. It’s important to check what files may have been modified to help the attacker, for example, the editing of native configurations or scripts can facilitate permanent access to a system. It’s also important when trying to identify the potential root of the problem.
This command will list all files that were recently modified by without any real order.
ls -tThis command will list all files that were recently modified separating all file names by line by line.
ls -1tThis command will list all files that were recently modified separating all file names by line by line and limiting the amount displayed by 10
ls -1t | tail -10
I am sure there are more aggressive methods but this is a simple one that works pretty solid on any Linux distribution with bash.
