Deleting the oldest file in a directory Post: 302380023

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Oldest File In A Directory

I'm writing a script to find the oldest file in a directory. I know this can be done by using ls -rt | tail -1 but these are rather large directories and that can be somewhat slow since the script will be running constantly. Are there any other ways to do this that would be faster? I looked to...

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Removing the oldest file in a directory

Hi all, I need your assistance in removing the oldest file in a directory. I posted the same thread 3 days back and I got the following answer ls -1 -t | tail -1 | xargs rm which is not covering the case when there are directories older than the oldest file. So, could you please...

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

how to grep the oldest file in a directory

Hi, Please help me out I want to grep the oldest file in a directory, could I use "ls" command? and how? thanx in advance

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Setting Variable to oldest file in a directory

I am using a bash script to perform some automated maintenance on files in a directory. When I run the script using $sh -x script.sh <directory> the script works fine. It sets the variable to the oldest file, and continues on. However when I run the script like this $./script.sh <directory>, it...

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Deleting the file only to all the directory and sub directory

I need the unix command or shell script to delete all the file in current directory and sub directory.

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Find Oldest file in a directory tree

This might just be one command. Any1 having the solution? Thanks, Rahul.

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Finding the oldest file in a particular directory

Hi all, I am a newbie to scripting and I need your help regarding finding the oldest file in a particular directory. My intention is to remove that oldest file. Are there any options available with the "find" command to do this.. Thanks in advance for your help Pavan

8. UNIX and Linux Applications

Finding the oldest file in a directory without ls

I am trying to determine the oldest and most recent files in a huge directory. I am using an ls -tr statement outside my find statement. The directory is too big and I am getting an "arg list too long" error. Is there something I can put in my find statement that doesn't create a list to...

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Bash to select oldest folder in directory automatically and log process

The `bash` below uses the oldest folder in the specified directory and logs it. The goes though an analysis process and creates a log. My problem is that if there are 3 folders in the directory folder1,folder2,folder3, the bash is using folder2 for the analysis eventhough folder1 is the oldest...

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Bash to select oldest folder in directory and write to log

In the bash below the oldest folder in a directory is selected. If there are 3folders in the directory /home/cmccabe/Desktop/NGS/test and nothing is done to them (ie. no files deleted, renamed) then the bash correctly identifies f1 as the oldest. However, if something is done to the folder then...

LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

specrb

SPECRB(1)																 SPECRB(1)

NAME

       specrb - standalone test runner for test/spec and Test::Unit test suites

SYNOPSIS

       specrb [OPTIONS] [FILES | -a ] [-- untouched arguments]

DESCRIPTION

       The Ruby script specrb allows you to run tests written with test/spec from the command line. It can also be used for plain Test::Unit test
       suites. You can either specify the names of the test files you want to run, or let specrb find automatically all the tests in your project,
       by using the -a switch (see TEST/SPEC OPTIONS below).

       You can also use various options on the command line to pass parameters to the Ruby interpreterm or to modify the behavior of test/spec
       and/or test/unit.

RUBY OPTIONS

       -e, --eval LINE
	   evaluate a LINE of code

       -d, --debug
	   set debugging flags (set $DEBUG to true)

       -w, --warn
	   turn warnings on for your script

       -I, --include PATH
	   specify $LOAD_PATH (may be used more than once)

       -r, --require LIBRARY
	   require the LIBRARY, before executing your script

TEST
/SPEC OPTIONS:
       -s, --specdox
	   do AgileDox-like output

       --rdox
	   do AgileDox-like output with RDoc formatting

       -a, --automatic
	   gather tests from ./test/, include ./lib/

TEST
::UNIT OPTIONS:
       -n, --name NAME
	   runs tests matching regexp NAME

       -t, --testcase TESTCASE
	   runs tests in TestCases matching regexp TESTCASE

COMMON OPTIONS
:
       -h, --help
	   show a message similar to this manpage

       --version
	   show version

AUTHORS

       The test/spec library has been written by Christian Neukirchen <http://purl.org/net/chneukirchen>.

       This manual page, inspired by the help message of specrb, has been written for the Debian Project by Cedric Boutillier (but may used by
       others).

								    2012-06-26								 SPECRB(1)