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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Picking the latest file based on a timestamp for a Dynamic file name Post 302975867 by RudiC on Monday 20th of June 2016 08:25:20 AM
Old 06-20-2016
Like so:
Code:
for FN in $(ls -r *.xml); do KEY=${FN%%[A-Z]*}; [ "$KEY" = "$OLDKEY" ] || echo $FN; OLDKEY=$KEY; done
9819Always_99999999911_20160418.xml
15606Always_9999999999_20160418.xml

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shishi_dk(3)							      shishi							      shishi_dk(3)

NAME

       shishi_dk - API function

SYNOPSIS

       #include <shishi.h>

       int shishi_dk(Shishi * handle, Shishi_key * key, const char * prfconstant, size_t prfconstantlen, Shishi_key * derivedkey);

ARGUMENTS

       Shishi * handle
		   shishi handle as allocated by shishi_init().

       Shishi_key * key
		   input cryptographic key to use.

       const char * prfconstant
		   input array with the constant string.

       size_t prfconstantlen
		   size of input array with the constant string.

       Shishi_key * derivedkey
		   pointer to derived key (allocated by caller).

DERIVE A KEY FROM A KEY AND A CONSTANT THUSLY

       DK(KEY, PRFCONSTANT) = SHISHI_RANDOM-TO-KEY(SHISHI_DR(KEY, PRFCONSTANT)).

RETURN VALUE

       Returns SHISHI_OK iff successful.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-shishi@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

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       Copying	and  distribution  of  this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
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SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for shishi is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and shishi programs are properly installed at your  site,
       the command

	      info shishi

       should give you access to the complete manual.

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