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Old 08-06-2010
Help with list of latest file names
Hi Gurus,

I need to list only those files which are most recent and the latest log file.

For example if I have the following file list:
Code:
JOB001.LOG_00uv02_00006 - Jul  7 12:16
JOB001.LOG_00vi0t_00001 - Aug  4 21:58
JOB001.LOG_00vi0t_00002 - Aug  5 09:15
JOB001.LOG_00vi0t_00003 - Aug  5 09:18
JOB002.LOG_00vi12_00001 - Aug  4 22:03
JOB002.LOG_00vi12_00002 - Aug  5 10:15
JOB003.LOG_00vm11_00001 - Aug 5 10:30

How to list only the below mentioned files:
Code:
JOB001.LOG_00vi0t_00003 - Aug  5 09:18
JOB002.LOG_00vi12_00002 - Aug  5 10:15
JOB003.LOG_00vm11_00001 - Aug 5 10:30

Please note that I don't have any permissions to write a shell script on this folder. Kindly help!

Thanks
Shash
Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 08-27-2010 at 10:47 AM.. Reason: added code tags
# 2  
Old 08-06-2010
Code:
ls -lrt

shows the files in sorted order.
Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 08-27-2010 at 10:47 AM.. Reason: added code tags
# 3  
Old 08-06-2010
Sorry, my query was not clear. I know I can use ls -lrt but the problem is I don't want all the logs of the same job to be listed. There are hundreds of them and I want to list only the latest log of a particular job. Hope this is clear.
# 4  
Old 08-06-2010
ls -ltr | grep "Aug 5" or you can use find with -mtime.
# 5  
Old 08-06-2010
A shell script does not have to be created in the target folder. You could presumably create a shell script in your home directory and refer to the folder with its full hierarchial name.
# 6  
Old 08-26-2010
Code:
ls -lt | head -n 5

Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 08-27-2010 at 10:48 AM.. Reason: added code tags
# 7  
Old 08-26-2010
Code:
# ls -l JOB* | grep "Aug 5" |tail -n3
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 25 05:13 JOB001.LOG_00vi0t_00003 - Aug 5 09:18
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 25 05:13 JOB002.LOG_00vi12_00002 - Aug 5 10:15
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 25 05:13 JOB003.LOG_00vm11_00001 - Aug 5 10:30

 
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