01-17-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by vino
I think the option a can be done away with. It would be ls -ltr | tail -1
It could be done away with if there is a 100% guarantee that a file will never be created such as
.filename.blah.xml
Anyway, in your original reply, you used the
a too.
Adding an extra option to ls is not at all expensive, and is best practice to ensure that no files are missed.
Cheers
ZB
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output whenever a pause in output over 3 seconds is detected.
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OPTIONS
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" "
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<file>...
Files to tail.
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host.
+<remotehost>:<filename> - attempts to invoke sudo tail via ssh on a
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SEE ALSO
mtailrc(5), tail(1)
AUTHOR
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