On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 12:07:34PM +0200, David Baron wrote: > 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.
Try this: ls -ltr This gives a listing of files in the current dir with the most recently altered one last. To get only the name of that last one use: ls -tr | tail -1 -- Maurits van Rees | http://maurits.vanrees.org/ [Dutch/Nederlands] "Let your advance worrying become advance thinking and planning." - Winston Churchill -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
