[PLUG] BASH Script to find last created file in a directory

[Will Andrews]

On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 06:24:46PM +0000, Aaron Lehmann wrote:
> I need to find the last created file in a directory for a script I'm
> writng, and then rename it.  Can I grep for the last created file, and
> make a variable equal to that name?  Is there a better way.  Also, I'd
> really like to have an answer in BASH Scripting language.  I'm sure that
> PERL would do this better (or that some other thing will be), but I
> don't really want to have to modify the rest of thing to fit.

Please, if you are going to write a shell script, don't use bash as your
reference; use the Real /bin/sh (Bourne).  Bourne will suffice for most
tasks; consider also make(1), perl(1), or C (in order of increasing
difficulty and power).

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wca