The purpose of those comands are to find the newest file in a directory acvrdind to system date, and it has to be recursively found in each directory.
The problem is that i want to list in a long format every found file, but the commands i use produce unexpected results ,so the output lists in a long format the files located in the path working directory.
ie
i tried 2 ways but not working
1. touch -t YYYYMMDD filename. ok
2. find -newer filename -exec ls -lrt ´{} \; · It doesn work

the second trial i used is:
find -newer filename > anotherfile
while read ine
do
ls -lrt "$line"
done < another file

In the above examples keeps listing files located in the path working directory not the desired files (The newest one en each directory)
Why this happens?
id appreciate any help and your support gurus.
Thanks
ie output

finding out the problem ive got part of the solutionin this way:

find /bmd -type f -newer $anio$mes$dia$hora$minuto -exec ls -lrtd {} \;

(previously definig the variables
Output
-rw-r----- 1 ftp_coll ict 3251584 Dec 9 23:30 /bmd/boboprd/input/BOBOBSC25480920071209233010000.intec
-rw-r----- 1 ftp_coll ict 2518526 Dec 9 23:49 /bmd/boboprd/input/BOBOBSC25481020071209234956000.intec
-rw-r----- 1 ftp_coll ict 454771 Dec 10 00:00 /bmd/boboprd/BOBOBSC25481120071210000004000.intec
-rw-r----- 1 ftp_coll ict 2324852 Dec 10 00:30 /bmd/boboprd/BOBOBSC25481220071210003007000.intec
-rw-r----- 1 ftp_coll ict 2316639 Dec 9 23:23 /bmd/prod/input/ICTBSC36654520071209232300000.intec
-rw-r----- 1 ftp_coll ict 2871303 Dec 9 23:38 /bmd/prod/input/ICTBSC36654620071209233800000.intec
-rw-r----- 1 ftp_coll ict 1730269 Dec 9 23:53 /bmd/prod/input/ICTBSC36654720071209235301000.intec
but i want the output list just one file (the newest one) for each directory

i woul be grateful to any help. Thanks

Check the file you touched, does it have the the expected date?

Regards

You can get the newest file in a dir with:-

ls -lt | head -1

A further thought - if you are interested in newest file in a directory but wanteing to recurse also:-

find /BMD -type d -exec ls -lt | head -1 {}\;

Only thing is I am not *sure* the pipe will work ok within the -exec construct.

ajcannon ,

The question is to search for files newer than a reference file created with touch. It seems that the created file with touch don't have the expected created date. The touch command is not used properly, it should be:

or:
The century and the seconds are optional.

Regards