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Try:ls -lt $(date +%Y%m%d)*.xml | awk 'NR>1'

Add ... | sed '$d' to your command.

If the desc order doesn't matter:
ls -lt "$(date +%Y%m%d)"*.xml | tail -n +1

hideous, but it works
ls -ltr $(date +%Y%m%d)*.xml | head -$(( $(ls -ltr $(date +%Y%m%d)*.xml | wc -l) - 1 ))And Bartus' solution above is infinitely better, reminding me once again that I must...

find . -name "20121017*.xml"

What bipinajith suggested is a good solution if you want all files in the file hierarchy rooted in the current directory with names that start with "20121017" and end with ".xml". If you just want...