David Baron wrote:
On Monday 22 November 2004 13:30, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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
Thanks. That indeed does it. Did not know how to use tail here. Now, how do I use it in a script, such as $LASTFILE = ?????
LASTFILE=$(ls -tr | tail -1)
-- "Codito ergo sum" Roel Schroeven
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