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Old 05-31-2011
Copy latest generated file

Hi,
There is csv file generated at /usr/data on server1 on monthly basis.
It is in the format reportYYYYDD(e.g 201105).
I needed a script which would copy the latest generated file from the location to another server at /usr/loc
Please can you help?
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Old 05-31-2011
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Old 05-31-2011
Code:
ls /usr/data/report*|tail -1 |xargs -i scp {} username@server2:/usr/loc

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