01-02-2009
How do I get the name of latest file?
1) How do I get the name of latest file in a variable?
2) Is it safe to delete all files from a dir
I am doing
cd $dir_name
if return_code > 0
rm *
fi
what are other alternates to delete all files from a dir in a shell script?
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