On Sunday 21 November 2004 23:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > David Baron wrote: > > > Quick answer: How might one retrieve the path to the most recent entry > > > in a directory to pass to something else in a bash script? > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ echo $OLDPWD > > /home/kspecial > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ echo $PWD > > /tmp > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ > > > > PWD contains the current directory while OLDPWD contains the last > > accessed directory. > > > > --K-sPecial > > Just maybe you could use > $ cd - > > It worked for me
All this gets me the current or previously accessed directory. I am trying to get the most recent file in a known directory. There are several log-type files in this directory, maybe several from today. I want to use the last-most recently altered file's name in a script. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
