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Old 10-18-2012
bash

Hi,

Try this one,

Code:
#! /usr/bin/env bash

processingDir="/usr/apps/irdc/informatica/spsf_sales/TgtFiles/ARCHIVE"
filename="ls $processingDir/Check* | sort -n -k 2 | tail -1"

file=$(eval $filename)
echo "File Name:${file}"

Cheers,
Ranga Smilie
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