Finding the last modifed file of a ls output.

[warpedFrenzy]

I have to find the last modified file on a given date in the cwd.

So far I know (with a random example of date here)

ls -ltr | grep '2010-08-20'

gives me the list of files in the cwd on that date.

I then need to find the last modified file of this list.

I know

find . -newer filename

gives you any files newer/modified after filename in the cwd.

But how do I find the last modified file on a specified date?

Thankyou for any help you can provide.

 

[warpedFrenzy]

I just found ls -t gives sort by time stamp (latest first).
But I havent been able to put them together.
Then single out the last modified file, in order to compare it to another filename.

 

[Annihilannic]

Try:

ls -lt | awk -v DATE=2010-08-20 '$6 == DATE {print $NF;exit}'

This assumes that the filenames do not contain spaces (or dates!).

Annihilannic.

 

[warpedFrenzy]

Thanks a BILLION Annihlannic!
You've been the most helpful person I've encountered on a forum yet!.