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getting previous filename
hello experts,
H r u . i just need to get the previous file from the latest file let say. fileA fileB fileC fileD fileE in this case fileE is the latest file but i need a script which will always get the name of the previouse file like fileD. currently i am using this command to get the file. filename=`ls -1rt|tail -2|head -1` echo $filename fileD But i dont want to use this methaod is there is any other way to achive this task. Please help me out Regards, shary |
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