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# 1  
Old 12-21-2011
get the top 15 of the latest file!
How All,

Newbie here, i'm just wondering how can i get the the top 15 lines of the latest log file?

ex.
log dir: /test/log/
filenameold
filenameold1
filenamelatest.log

i'm just wondering how can i get the top 15 lines of the latest file. how can i get the latest file?

Please advise,
THanks,
# 2  
Old 12-21-2011
Something like this:

Code:
cd /test/log && head -15 <`ls -rt /test/log|tail -1`

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Old 12-21-2011
how can i display it on my script?
# 4  
Old 12-22-2011
Code:
 
ls -lrt | head -15 < $(nawk '{a=$NF}END{print a}')

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