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09-04-2008
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Find last updated file
Hi all,
my problem is teh following: I need to move a file from a folder to another and I usually do it by the get command but in this case I have a list of file in the source folder and I have to select only the lust updated one. Ho to do this? All the files have the same name followed by a timestamp; something like: aaaaaaaa_20080902.TXT aaaaaaaa_20080903.TXT aaaaaaaa_20080904.TXT. I need to move only the last one. Thanks to all will help. |
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ls -lrt |tail -1 gives you the file with latest time stamp..
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One way, assumes the last update was on the timestamp:
Code:
file=$(ls -rt aaaaa*.TXT | tail -1) mv $file /path/to/new/directory |
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09-04-2008
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Hi,
your posts were very welcome. The problem has been solved. Thanks one more time! |
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09-04-2008
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I have anew question;
The file I need to move are on another server; how to do the same operation through ftp connection? I open the connection with ftp command but ls semms not to work (It says that the file doesn't exist but on the source server I can find id with ls) |
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