list directory only show newest file amarok*

carl0ski · 01-29-2006, 06:31 AM

hi

im hoping to list a directory

but i want to extract the newest file name only

ls -t -1 $zipname*
amarok01-11.zip
amarok12-28.zip
amarok21-28.zip
amarok01-28.zip

amarok01-11.zip
was the last created how can i snatch it?

thanks

MensaWater · 01-29-2006, 09:31 AM

ls -tr1 $zipname* |tail -1
-or-
ls -t1 $zipname* |head -1

The -r tails it to reverse sort order. The -1 option for ls means single column not single file. tail -1 says show only the last line (reversed sort order the last line would be the newest) and head -1 says show only the first line (normal order the first line would be the newest).