how to grab most recent directory

toddcurry · 05-02-2005, 02:32 PM

I'm working on a shell script, and I'm trying to find a way to grab the most recently-created directory name.

Visually, from the shell, it is the last item in: ls -lsrt

But I've googled for 2 hours now to find a way to do it programmatically... so if the script gods can show a little mercy... I'd be grateful.

Thanks,

TC

Tinkster · 05-02-2005, 03:03 PM

Just the same
ls -1tr | tail -n 1

Cheers,
Tink

toddcurry · 05-02-2005, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tinkster
Just the same
ls -1tr | tail -n 1

Cheers,
Tink

Beautiful -- thanks!