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[Solved] Finding the latest file in a directory
Hi All,

I am using the below command to find the latest file in a dir:

Code:
ls -tr $v_sftphomedir/$v_sourcefile |tail -1

or

Code:
ls -t1 $v_sftphomedir/$v_sourcefile |head -1

and the outpur returned is below:

Code:
/home/cobr_sftp/var/controllingload/Backup/Dbrwds_Div_1796050246.txt

I need only the filename(Dbrwds_Div_1796050246.txt) and not path. Who do i fetch only the filename from it?

Please help

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Hi abhi_123,

Use sed. Add it at the end of the pipe chain:

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... | sed -e 's|^.*/||'
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What OS are you using since your output is not what I would expect?
IMHO using ls without -l should not give the absolute path...
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A simpler ways include:

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basename "$v_sourcefile"

and when using POSIX compliant shells

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${v_sourcefile##*/}

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What OS are you using since your output is not what I would expect?
IMHO using ls without -l should not give the absolute path...
If $v_sftphomedir/$v_sourcefile names a regular file (not a directory), then ls (no matter what options are given) will definitely print the full pathname of the file. If $v_sourcefile is named appropriately, it should name a single file; not a directory. Note that in this case the |tail -1 and |head -1 , respectively, in the code examples given in the 1st message in this thread were no-ops.
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If $v_sftphomedir/$v_sourcefile names a regular file (not a directory)
Exact but the title was:
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Finding the latest file in a directory
and if it were a file then the -t is useless...
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thanks it worked
thanks all it worked.
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