Finding the oldest file in a particular directory

pavan_movva · #1 (**permalink**) 10-07-2006

Hi all,

I am a newbie to scripting and I need your help regarding finding the oldest file in a particular directory. My intention is to remove that oldest file.

Are there any options available with the "find" command to do this..

Thanks in advance for your help

Pavan

tayyabq8 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-07-2006

Code:

ls -1 -t | tail -1

pavan_movva · #3 (**permalink**) 10-07-2006

Thanks a lot shereenmotor.

psiva_arul · #4 (**permalink**) 03-23-2009

We can use the below command also for find the latest file in particular directory

ls -gt | tail -1

abinaya · #5 (**permalink**) 04-08-2009

Hi,

Try the below command

ls -ltr | head -1

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