Sorting in a script

anujairaj · #1 (**permalink**) 05-09-2006

Hello,
I have a situation where I have filenames with timestamps like
abc20060509452313.txt

i need the most recent file, and i am using this command in the script:
recent_file=`ls ${Location}/$file*| head -1`

where $Location is the directory and $file is the base filename like abc.
When i debug it ,it says :
the file /.../.../abc* doesnot exist.

is there anything wrong with the quotes?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank You,

thestevew · #2 (**permalink**) 05-09-2006

Works for me on AIX (5.x) with ksh.
Are you sure that your Location (capital L) and file (all lower case) variables are spelt right and have got the right values?
What command did you use to get the error message?

cheers

anujairaj · #3 (**permalink**) 05-09-2006

Thanks for the response,
The command works for me,but it does not work in a script,and I donot what went wrong.
Anyway i used set-x at the beginning of the script to debug it.

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