Sort by modification time, size, etc.

[mikepqr]

Is there a way to sort the list by item attributes other than the name such as modification time (the one I'm interested in), size, etc.?

[phelipetls]

This seems to do the job:

let s:DEFAULT_LS_FLAGS = "--directory --indicator-style=slash"

function! Sort(flag)
  if &filetype != "dirvish" || !executable("ls")
    return
  endif
  let dir = expand("%:h")
  let cmd = printf("ls %s -%s %s/*", s:DEFAULT_LS_FLAGS, a:flag, dir)
  execute printf("%%!%s", cmd)
endfunction

The only problem with it is that conceallevel is set to zero because the buffer was modified.

It would be nice to setlocal conceallevel=3 afterwards but I didn't manage to do it.

[davidsierradz]

It would be nice to setlocal conceallevel=3 afterwards but I didn't manage to do it.

You could use: call timer_start(1, {-> execute('setlocal conceallevel=3')})

[mikepqr]

Using ls seems fragile. let s:DEFAULT_LS_FLAGS = "--directory --indicator-style=slash" doesn't work on macOS (and other BSDs), for example, but this won't work at all on Windows.

[justinmk]

vim has builtin functions for this,

getfsize({fname})                   *getfsize()*
        The result is a Number, which is the size in bytes of the
        given file {fname}.
        If {fname} is a directory, 0 is returned.
        If the file {fname} can't be found, -1 is returned.
        If the size of {fname} is too big to fit in a Number then -2
        is returned.

getftime({fname})                   *getftime()*
        The result is a Number, which is the last modification time of
        the given file {fname}.  The value is measured as seconds
        since 1st Jan 1970, and may be passed to strftime().  See also
        |localtime()| and |strftime()|.
        If the file {fname} can't be found -1 is returned.

getftype({fname})                   *getftype()*
        The result is a String, which is a description of the kind of
        file of the given file {fname}.
        If {fname} does not exist an empty string is returned.
        Here is a table over different kinds of files and their
        results: