1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, Would appreciate if someone could help me with the following requirement. Say I have a directory where a file called abc_$timestamp.txt is created couple of times in a day. So this directory would have files like abc_2007-03-28-4-5-7.txt abc_2007-03-28-3-5-7.txt... (4 Replies)

2. AIX

Hi guys, I have a directory in UNIX having files with the below format, i need to pickup the latest file having recent timestamp embedded on it, then need to rename it to a standard file name. Below is the file format: filename_yyyymmdd.csv, i need to pick the latest and move it with the... (2 Replies)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, I would like an FTP command or series of commands to get only the latest file. Is that possible? Thanks in advance. (2 Replies)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Please help me out how to identify the latest file in one directory by looking at file's timestamp or datestamp. You can say using system command. Thanks (10 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

hi Friends, In my directory i have some files. I need to find out latest modified file. Please help me. Sreenu. (2 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all, I need to get the latest file. I have found this command "ls -lrt" that is great but not recursive. Can anyone help? Thanx by advance. (7 Replies)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi In my script i am trying to access mainframe server using FTP, in the server i have filee with the timestamp.I need to get the file with the latest timestamp among them . The server has the below files / ftp> cd /outbox 250 CWD command successful ftp> ls 200 PORT command successful... (4 Replies)

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi All, I need your help in finding the latest files in remote sftp and get those files to local server and process them. Please let me know I appreciate your valuable inputs. Thanks raj (7 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, We've a list of files that gets created on a weekly basis and it has got a date and time embedded to it. Below are the examples. I want to find out how to get the latest files get the date and time stamp out of it. Files are PQR123.PLL.M989898.201308012254.gpg... (1 Reply)

10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

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... (2 Replies)