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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Store highest filename from ls command to a variable Post 302467196 by sssccc on Thursday 28th of October 2010 02:18:15 PM
Old 10-28-2010
Store highest filename from ls command to a variable
I am sure it has been answered in some form or the other in this forum but trust me I have spent last couple of hours looking for an answer but can't find it.

I want to do a very simple operation within my script.

Let's say I have 4 files with the names file1.log, file2.log, file3.log and file4.log. I want to do a listing of file*.log and store the highest name (in this case file4.log) in a variable. I have this in the script:

flist=$(ls file*.log)
which gives me a string or list in the format "file1.log file2.log file3.log file4.log.
How do I parse this string or file and store file4.log to a variable, say fname.

Thanks a lot in advance for the help.
 

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time(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   time(1)

NAME

       time - time a command

SYNOPSIS

       command

       utility [argument ...]

DESCRIPTION

       When  a specified command or utility completes execution, prints the elapsed time during the command or utility, the time spent in the sys-
       tem, and the time spent executing the command or utility.  Times are reported in seconds.

       Execution time can depend on the performance of the memory in which the program is running.

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SEE ALSO

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