list recent files from folders. Useful for recent downloaded files and newly taken screenshots

recent.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Usage: ./recent.sh <parameters> [FOLDER]

SS_FOLDER="$HOME/Pictures/Screenshots/"
DL_FOLDER="$HOME/Downloads/"

list_amount=1
sorter="tail"

while getopts "h?n:rsd" opt; do
    case "$opt" in
    r)  sorter="head"
	;;
    n)  list_amount=$OPTARG
        ;;
    s)  custom_path=$SS_FOLDER
	;;
    d)  custom_path=$DL_FOLDER
	;;
   \?)  echo "Try './recent -h' for more information."
        exit 0
        ;;
    h)  printf "Usage: ./recent.sh <parameters> [FOLDER]
	List recent or first files of a folder.\n
	-r    Revert sorting and list first files instead
	-n    List last 'n' files
	-s    Set path to screenshot folder
	-d    Set path to your downloads folder\n
	" | tr -d '\t'
	exit 0
	;;
    esac
done

shift $((OPTIND-1))
folder_path="$*"

if [ -n "$custom_path" ];then
	folder_path="$custom_path"
elif [ -z "$folder_path" ];then
	folder_path="./"
elif [ "${folder_path: -1}" != "/" ];then
	folder_path="${folder_path}/"
fi

ls -Art "$folder_path" |
$sorter -n "$list_amount" |
xargs -L 1 -I % echo "${folder_path}"%

$ recent -h
Usage: ./recent.sh <parameters> [FOLDER]
List recent or first files of a folder.

-r    Revert sorting and list first files instead
-n    List last 'n' files
-s    Set path to screenshot folder
-d    Set path to your downloads folder

$ recent -sn 3
/home/owo/Pictures/Screenshots/2020-11-22_00-23.png
/home/owo/Pictures/Screenshots/2020-11-22_00-26.png
/home/owo/Pictures/Screenshots/2020-11-23_14-22.png

$ recent -rd 
/home/owo/Downloads/i3-4.18.3.tar.gz