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Old 10-30-2013
To find the latest modified file in a directory

I am trying to fetch the latest modified file from a directory using the command
find . -type f -exec ls -lt \{\} \+ | head | awk '{print $9}'

After the O/P, I get the below mentioned error and the command doesnt terminate at all.

find: ls terminated by signal 13
find: ls terminated by signal 13
find: ls terminated by signal 13
find: ls terminated by signal 13

Please can you let me know how this can be rectified.

Thanks!
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Old 10-30-2013
That pipe doesn't cause any problem on my linux. What be your system?
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Old 10-30-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sree10
I am trying to fetch the latest modified file from a directory using the command
find . -type f -exec ls -lt \{\} \+ | head | awk '{print $9}'
To print the name of the last modified file in a directory, you don't need find nor awk:
Code:
ls -t | head -n1

Regards,
Alister
 
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