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# 1  
Old 07-22-2013
Find latest date in folder
HI

I have folder in home dir.
Code:
/home/kpp/07222013
/home/kpp/07212013
/home/kpp/07202013

Output :--

Code:
/home/kpp/07222013

Just find latest date
# 2  
Old 07-22-2013
Does the name correspond to the date of last modification?

Would
Code:
ls -t | head -n 1

work ?
# 3  
Old 07-22-2013
NO Base on modification !!!!

I want base on date !!!!

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Last edited by Scrutinizer; 07-22-2013 at 04:16 PM..
# 4  
Old 07-22-2013
if filename = mofication date, try:
Code:
ls -1d /home/kpp/* | awk -F"/" '$0>a[$0]{a[$0]=$0} END {print a[$0]}'

# 5  
Old 07-22-2013
Code:
Try:
ls /home/kpp/* | awk -F/ '{d=substr($NF,5,4) substr($NF,1,4)} d>m{f=$0; m=d} END{print f}'

or
Code:
cd /home/kpp
ls | awk ...

The latter will avoid line length limitations...
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 07-22-2013 at 04:18 PM..
# 6  
Old 07-22-2013
Alternative with sort:

Code:
ls /home/kpp/* | sort -k1.5 -k1.1,1.2 -k1.3,1.4 | tail -n 1

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