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The dk-ls program shows information about files. There are some differences to traditional ls or dir programs:

Configurable output column order
The output column order is configurable. To search for newest files, print modification time first and use a "sort" program.
To search for largest files, print size first and use a numeric sort…
Directory size calculation
The size shown for a directory is the summary of the directory size and the contents size.
Use of UTF-16 encoding for output on Windows
On Windows the program produces UTF-16 encoded output, so it can show non-English text in file names properly.

To find the files last modified:

dk-ls -r -tf -pmtn | dk-sort

Program	Option	Purpose
dk-ls		List files.
	-r	Recursive listing including all subdirectories.
	-tf	Restrict output to files (non-directory items).
	-pmtn	Set print order to: m Modification time t File type n File name
dk-sort		Sort text line by line alphabetically.

To find the largest files in a directory:

dk-ls -r -tf -pstn | dk-sort -u

Program	Option	Purpose
dk-ls		List files.
	-r	Recursive listing including all subdirectories.
	-tf	Restrict output to files (non-directory items).
	-pstn	Set print order to: s File size (number of bytes) t File type n File name
dk-sort		Sort text line by line.
	-u	Sort by unsigned number at start of line.

To list all files, group by file type suffix and sort each group by size:

dk-ls -tf -psn | dk-sort -u -t -s 1

Program	Option	Purpose
dk-ls		List files.
	-tf	Restrict output to files (non-directory items).
	-psn	Set print order to: s File size (number of bytes) n File name
dk-sort		Sort text line by line.
	-u	Sort by unsigned number at start of line.
	-t	Sort by file type suffix.
	-s 1	To find the file type suffix, skip the first text word in each line (the size).

To find the largest subdirectory:

dk-ls -r -td -pstn | dk-sort -u

Program	Option	Purpose
dk-ls		List files.
	-r	Recursive listing including all subdirectories.
	-td	Restrict output to directories.
	-pstn	Set print order to: s File size (number of bytes) t File type n File name
dk-sort		Sort text line by line.
	-u	Sort by unsigned number at start of line.

To list all files, group by file type suffix and sort each group by modification timestamp:

dk-ls -tf -pmn | dk-sort -t -s 2

Program	Option	Purpose
dk-ls		List files.
	-tf	Restrict output to files (non-directory items).
	-pmn	Set print order to: m Modification timestamp n File name
dk-sort		Sort text line by line.
	-t	Sort by file type suffix.
	-s 2	To find the file type suffix, skip the first two text words in each line (modification date and modification timestamp).