On Nov 12, 2007 5:13 PM, ankIT WALiA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anyone tell me, how to get latest created file from a folder to be > used in shell script? >
Try this: getLatestFile(){ if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then ls -tr $1 | tail -1 else echo "usage: getLatestFile <dir>" fi } ex. $ getLatestFile ~ $ getLatestFile . $ getLatestFile /tmp HTH, -- Manish _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22/23, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/