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Old 11-25-2014
List files output only for the last line
Hi,

"ls -tl directory1" will list files to be sorted in mtime, but I don't want to see all the files in each directory, I want to only see output the last line (the oldest mtime) for each directory.
Code:
$ ls -tl test1
-rw-r--r-- 1 hce hce 1714397 May 30  2013 b.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 hce hce 4678 May 3  2013 a.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 hce hce 1393 Jan 3  2013 f.txt

How can I only list the last line
Code:
-rw-r--r-- 1 hce hce 1393 Jan 3  2013 f.txt

Thank you.

Kind regards,

- hce

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Mod Comment Please use code tags next time for your code and data. Thanks
Last edited by vbe; 11-25-2014 at 10:06 AM..
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Old 11-25-2014
Please review the tail manpage.
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Old 11-25-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by hce
Hi,

"ls -tl directory1" will list files to be sorted in mtime, but I don't want to see all the files in each directory, I want to only see output the last line (the oldest mtime) for each directory.

$ ls -tl test1
-rw-r--r-- 1 hce hce 1714397 May 30 2013 b.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 hce hce 4678 May 3 2013 a.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 hce hce 1393 Jan 3 2013 f.txt

How can I only list the last line

-rw-r--r-- 1 hce hce 1393 Jan 3 2013 f.txt

Thank you.

Kind regards,

- hce
Hello hce,

Following may help you in same.

Code:
ls -lt | awk 'END{print}'
OR
ls -lt | tail -1

Thanks,
R. Singh
Last edited by RavinderSingh13; 11-25-2014 at 11:16 AM.. Reason: removed r from ls -ltr as user wants the same to do
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