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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers How to pick the latest file with date as one among the file name.( not exactly present date.)? Post 302875713 by RudiC on Wednesday 20th of November 2013 07:31:00 AM
Old 11-20-2013
How about simply using tail -1? Looks like they are correctly sorted.
 

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REC2CSV(1)							   User Commands							REC2CSV(1)

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rec2csv - rec to csv converter SYNOPSIS
rec2csv [OPTIONS]... [REC_FILE] DESCRIPTION
Convert rec data into csv data. -t, --type=TYPE record set to convert to csv; if this parameter is omitted then the default record set is used -S, --sort=FIELD sort the output by the specified field. --help print a help message and exit. --version show version and exit. AUTHOR
Written by Jose E. Marchesi. REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to: bug-recutils@gnu.org GNU recutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/> General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/> COPYRIGHT
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The full documentation for rec2csv is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and rec2csv programs are properly installed at your site, the command info rec2csv should give you access to the complete manual. rec2csv 1.4.93 January 2012 REC2CSV(1)
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