Usage: ./recent [--here | --stdin] [--heap | --sort] [--count n]
In --here mode, os.walk() is used to traverse the CWD
In --stdin mode, readline0() is used to obtain null-terminated filenames from stdin

In either case, the n most recent files are listed in order from most recent to least recent
By default, n is 10

With --heap a heap is used to get the n largest timestamps
With --sort a big list and sort are used to get the n largest timestamps

Note that --heap and --sort can produce different outputs sometimes, due to files with equal timestamps

What we're accomplishing	Command to accomplish it
Identify the 10 most recent files in the CWD and down	recent --here
Identify the 5 most recent files in the CWD and down	recent --here --count 5
Identify the 10 most recent .py files in /tmp and down	find /tmp -name '*.py' -print0 | recent --stdin

• It's GPLv2 or higher, at your option.

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