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RonK
Asked: 2011-05-06 03:16:54 +0800 CST

Shell command to find and file the last modified file in a certain directory

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I want to create an alias that displays the latest log in a certain directory - something like: ls -lat *log* | tail -1 | less

The above command does not work as the output of the ls -lat command does not produce a single final name but a full list of columns.

Any simple solution?

scripting unix-shell

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  1. Best Answer

    Get rid of the -l and use -1 instead. Really, it's all in the book.

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