Find Latest File in the Directory

[Milleniumlegend]

I am trying to find a latest zip file in a directory so that I can unzip them and transfer them across to another directory.

I have under src/XYZ001_28_10_2004_BIN.ZIP and src/XYZ001_27_10_2004_BIN.ZIP and
src/XYZ001_10_09_2004_BIN.ZIP

etc and I would like to pick the latest one which is
src/XYZ001_28_10_2004_BIN.ZIP



Many Thanks in advance.

 

[rneve]

Hi,
The following command will give you the latest file in the current directory:

ls -tr | tail -1

Regards

 

[PHV]

You may try something like this:
lastzip=$(ls -t src/XYZ001_*_BIN.ZIP | head -1)
echo $lastzip

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[Milleniumlegend]

Thanks guys. Thats exactly what I was looking for.