[Eug-lug] help with directory listing

[Ben Barrett]

I'd also like to point out the "-1" option for "ls", my most common usage is:
ls -ltr
to show most recent files at the bottom of the listing (oldest first),
long-style listing...
but if I do need to do something with just the filename(s), I'd use
something like this instead:
ls -1tr|tail -n 1

As for nifty usages, you can also have fun with back-ticks, like this:
for i in `ls -1`; do echo filename is  $i; done

but of course substituting various options in on ls, can include a
grep inside the backticks, and of course do more useful things than
echo....

ciao,

Ben




On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Fred James <fredjame at fredjame.cnc.net> wrote:
> Rob Hudson wrote:
>
>  >Of course... how could I forget head and tail?!
>  >
>  >Thanks.
>  >
>  >On 3/4/08, Hal Pomeranz <hal at deer-run.com> wrote:
>  >
>  >
>  >>ls -t | head -1
>  >>
>  >>
>  Rob Hudson
>  Will that do it for you, or do you need something to exclude/include any
>  particular type(s) of file(s)?
>  Regards
>  Fred James
>
>
>
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