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Old 11-22-2007
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My suggestion reading your query ...

REQUIRED_FILETYPE=UTIL_
...
cd ${DESIRED_DIR}
FILE=`ls -t ${REQUIRED_FILETYPE}* | sed '1q'`
echo ${FILE}
...
Then perform your outbound FTP.

Hope that helps.

Cheers,
Cameron