Hi,

i have some files in one directory(say some sample dir) whose names will be like the following.
some_file1.txt
some_file2.txt.

i need to get the last modified file size based on file name pattern like some_

here i am able to get the value of the last modified file size using the following command:
echo `ls -lt /sample/some_* |awk '{print $5}'` | `awk '{ F = " " ; print $1 }'


but the problem is, i need to store this value in one variable, and needs to print that variable value.

i tried several ways like the following.

SIZE=`echo `ls -lt /sample/some_* |awk '{print $5}'` | `awk '{ F = " " ; print $1 }'`
echo $SIZE

but it is not successful.


Your immediate help will be greatly appreciated

Reagrds,
Eswar