UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi,

I wrote a script to get the oldest file from a directory path (which is passed as a parameter to the script)

#########################################################

XMLFILE_PATH={$1}

cd $XMLFILE_PATH

JPM_FILENAME = `(ls -tr User* | head -1)`

#echo $JPM_FILENAME

###### END

What is the correct syntax for getting the filename (starting with "User") into JPM_FILENAME from the ls command.

Also while calling the script does the path needs to be in quotes?

Thanks

Try:

Code:

JPM_FILENAME=$(ls -tr User* | head -1)

or

Code:

JPM_FILENAME=`ls -tr User* | head -1`

without spaces around the "=" sign.

Regards