Print last filename

[syedar]

Hi all,

I need to print last file name when executing "ls -ltr" command from a fixed path.

Example:
$ls -ltr
-rw-rw-rw- 1 RT R1 6922674 Jul 8 14:08 abc123
-rw-rw-rw- 1 RT R1 6922674 Jul 8 14:10 abc124
-rw-rw-rw- 1 RT R1 6922674 Jul 8 14:15 abc125
-rw-rw-rw- 1 RT R1 6922674 Jul 8 14:20 abc126
-rw-rw-rw- 1 RT R1 6922674 Jul 8 14:25 abc126
-rw-rw-rw- 1 RT R1 6922674 Jul 8 14:30 abc127
-rw-rw-rw- 1 RT R1 6922674 Jul 8 14:40 abc128
-rw-rw-rw- 1 RT R1 6922674 Jul 8 14:50 abc129
-rw-rw-rw- 1 RT R1 6922674 Jul 8 15:08 abc130

[likid0]

do you mean ?

#ls -ltr | tail -1

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

It's not clear exactly what you mean, so:

# ls -ltr | awk 'END{print $NR}'
abc130

# ls -ltr | tail -1
-rw-rw-rw- 1 RT R1 6922674 Jul 8 15:08 abc130

# ls -ltr | awk '{print $NF}'
abc123
abc124
abc125
abc126
abc126
abc127
abc128
abc129
abc130

Regards!

...JRF...

[syedar]

i just need to print "abc130".

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi (again):

> i just need to print "abc130".

# ls -ltr | awk 'END{print $NR}'
abc130

...as I said...

Regards!

...JRF...

[Dennis Handly]

>I just need to print "abc130".

Or leave out the long listing and print first:
$ ls -t | head -1

[syedar]

Thanks JRF.

[James R. Ferguson]

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[Nitin Kumar Gupta]

ls -1tr | tail -1

-NKG-