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Old 01-30-2009
how to use find command to get latest file
Is there a way to use find command to get the latest file and cp it into a certain dir at the same try.

example find the latest file and cp to a diff dir.
# 2  
Old 01-30-2009
Did you try ls -ltr. The latest file will be at the bottom of the list.
# 3  
Old 01-30-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by giannicello
Did you try ls -ltr. The latest file will be at the bottom of the list.
yea but i am trying to list and copy in the same try. I tried piping a cp command with ls ltr but it didnt work.
# 4  
Old 01-30-2009
Code:
cp `/bin/ls -t | head -1` some_other_directory

although i don't recommend doing it this way because it
lacks sufficient error checking.

better would be:

Code:
/bin/ls -t | head -1 | read file_nm

if [ -f "$file_nm" ]; then
  cp $file_nm some_other_directory
fi

Last edited by quirkasaurus; 01-30-2009 at 04:24 PM.. Reason: added code tags
# 5  
Old 01-30-2009
Thanks that works.
# 6  
Old 01-30-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by shehzad_m
yea but i am trying to list and copy in the same try. I tried piping a cp command with ls ltr but it didnt work.

Code:
cp "$( ls -t | { IFS= read -r f; printf "%s" "$f"; } )" "$DEST"

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