Hurray !!!!!!!!!! although its still raw..but it gets the job done...
(svpkg1-nd:admin1) $ cat testfile
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root other 715 Aug 23 2005 /spare3/ARCHIVE/test3.1.2.3.9.tar.gz
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root other 719 Aug 23 2005 /spare3/ARCHIVE/test3.1.2.3.4.tar.gz
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root other 1590 Nov 16 14:58 /spare3/ARCHIVE/test3.1.2.3.11.tar.gz
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root other 708 Aug 18 2005 /spare3/ARCHIVE/test3.1.2.3.10.tar.gz
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root other 1661 Oct 27 13:37 /spare3/ARCHIVE/test3.1.0.0.4.tar.gz
(svpkg1-nd:admin1) $
(svpkg1-nd:admin1) $
(svpkg1-nd:admin1) $
(svpkg1-nd:admin1) $
(svpkg1-nd:admin1) $ flag=`cat testfile | awk '{print $9}' | cat -n | tee /tmp/ali |sed s/test3.// | sed s/.tar.gz// | sed 's/\.//g' | sort -n -r -k 2 | tr / ' '|sort -n -r -k 4| head -1 | nawk '{print $1}'`
(svpkg1-nd:admin1) $
(svpkg1-nd:admin1) $
(svpkg1-nd:admin1) $ head -$flag /tmp/ali | tail -1 |nawk '{print $2}'
/spare3/ARCHIVE/test3.1.2.3.11.tar.gz ----> this is what i was looking for
Thank you every one for all your assistance....As always much appreciated