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02-09-2012
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Copy the newest file from a different server to your home server.
Hi all, So I am on server 1, and I want to grab the newest file from a particular directory on server 2, and place this in a directory on server 1. I am trying to use: Code:
ls -tr | tail -1 This works, and gets me the newest file in a particular directory. Using svn `ls -tr | tail -1` etc I can grab the newest file and copy it somewhere else if the newest file is in the directory i'm currently in. The problem is using ls -tr | tail -1 in an attempt on server 2, as ls seems to only look in the directory i'm currently in and not in another. Is there a way I can use that command in a way like this example: Code:
scp user@host:/directory $foo where foo=`ls -tr | tail -1` The $foo here only looks in the directory i'm in, not user@host etc. Hope this ramble makes sense!! Alex ---------- Post updated at 07:58 AM ---------- Previous update was at 06:25 AM ---------- Just to add to this. Code:
[host1] scp host2@IP:/home/b/files/reports/`ls -tr | tail -1` host1@IP:/home/b/c/a/A/ Is what I am attempting. The ls -tr | tail -1 looks in host1, rather than the latest file in the directory ending /reports/...I need a way to grab the latest file from /reports/ and place it in host1.
Last edited by vbe; 02-09-2012 at 09:54 AM.. |
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02-10-2012
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Code:
latest_file=$( ssh remote_host /bin/ls -ltR /tmp/\* | head -1 | awk '{ print $9;}' )
scp remote_host:$latest_file . |
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