03-16-2009
Getting the most recent file
Hi people,
Please some help over here.
I have logs in a directory, in which I need to get the most recent file in order to put it within other command.
The format of the files are
loadfiles20090308094339_41
loadfiles20090308094418_42
loadfiles20090308095457_43
loadfiles20090310113306_46
loadfiles20090310132817_55
loadfiles20090310133103_56
loadfiles20090310133458_57
loadfiles20090316120301_36
loadfiles20090316122336_37
loadfiles20090316124025_38
The most recent file is always the last one in the list. After know the most recent file I need to use it with the command
more C:\data\loadfiles20090316124025_38\file.dat
Thanks in advance for any help.
Regards
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