Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi,

I had problem

I have a script after each run, which creates a new folder under "testrun",
I used to find recent createfolder by using ls -ltr in testrun folder.

Is there any script which facilitates, going directly to recent createfolder under "testrun"

Plz help..

One way to go to the recent created directory, but... only within the environment of the script otherwise you have to run the script (source) in the current environment.

Code:

cd `ls -lrt|awk '/^d/{s=$8}END{print s}'`

Regards

Hi Franklin,

Thanks for help.

But command
cd `ls -lrt|awk '/^d/{s=$8}END{print s}'

it saying "bash: cd: 08:55: No such file or directory"

After running my work script It will create folders under "testrun" like this:

drwxr-x--- 6 systst tpa 1024 Sep 13 11:06 20080913-110615/
drwxr-x--- 6 systst tpa 1024 Sep 13 11:07 20080913-110713/
drwxr-x--- 6 systst tpa 1024 Sep 13 11:07 20080913-110741/
drwxr-x--- 6 systst tpa 1024 Sep 13 11:08 20080913-110850/
drwxr-x--- 6 systst tpa 1024 Sep 13 11:09 20080913-110954/
drwxr-x--- 6 systst tpa 1024 Sep 13 11:10 20080913-111053/
drwxr-x--- 6 systst tpa 1024 Sep 13 11:12 20080913-111200/
drwxr-x--- 6 systst tpa 1024 Sep 13 11:43 20080913-114312/
drwxr-x--- 6 systst tpa 1024 Sep 13 11:44 20080913-114423/
drwxr-x--- 6 systst tpa 1024 Sep 13 11:57 20080913-115746/
drwxr-x--- 6 systst tpa 1024 Sep 13 12:07 20080913-120658/
drwxr-x--- 6 systst tpa 1024 Sep 13 12:16 20080913-121625/
drwxr-x--- 6 systst tpa 1024 Sep 13 12:17 20080913-121720/


I need to enter recent created folder... in above case its 20080913-121720/

Can you check it again.........

Thanks
Prasad

how about
cd `ls -rtF|grep '/$'|tail -n1`

It should be:

Code:

cd `ls -lrt|awk '/^d/{s=$NF}END{print s}'`

The shorter solution of jimcanoa should work too.

Regards

Its working..


Thanks dude,

Dude,

One more problem Independently cd `ls -lrt|awk '/^d/{s=$NF}END{print s}'` is working.

When I try to create alias in a file like this..
alias k="cd `ls -lrt|awk '/^d/{s=$NF}END{print s}'`"

its not working. its displaying error "bash: cd: oracle/: No such file or directory"

Whts the problem.......