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Old 08-07-2009
Unzipping latest zip file by name.
I have these zip files that come in with the same name, but different versions. We'll say:

SQL_version2.zip
SQL_version3.zip
SQL_version2432.zip

I was wondering if there is a single command (or even piped command, thus still making it a single command) that will let me unzip the latest version only? In this case, I'd want to unzip SQL_version2432.zip only.

Thanks in advance.
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Old 08-07-2009
ls -lrt | tail -1 | awk '{print $9}'|xargs unzip
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Old 08-07-2009
Code:
unzip $(ls -1t | head -1)

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Old 08-07-2009
I think I got it.
I can't use the "t" flag on the ls because the creation/modification dates won't sync up with the order of the zip file versions. Thanks though. I think I've got it.
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