how to open a last modified file in a directory

apsprabhu · #1 (**permalink**) 09-26-2009

how to directly open a last modified file in a directory? Please help

malcomex999 · #2 (**permalink**) 09-26-2009

not a good way but i guess it does what you want...

Code:

 
ls -lrt | awk '/^-/{file=$9}END{print "cat " file}' | sh

jim mcnamara · #3 (**permalink**) 09-26-2009

Code:

while read record
do
   echo "$record"
done < $(ls -rt /path/to/file| tail -1)

radoulov · #4 (**permalink**) 09-26-2009

To open or display?
If you want to edit the most recently modified file with vi from zsh for example:

Code:

vi -- *(D.om[1])

sunilk1303 · #5 (**permalink**) 10-01-2009

cat `ls -ltr | awk '{file=$9}END{print file}'`

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