Listing only the most recent file

[Oliver Marshall]

Sorted it :)

ls -rt -1 | tail -1

On 16 October 2012 11:26, Oliver Marshall <oliver.marshall at g2support.com>wrote:

> Hi chaps
>
> I need some help with an ls syntax.
>
> I want to show *only* the most recent file.
>
> "ls -St -1" gives me the contents of a dir with the most recent on top but
> I want only that most recent file shown.
>
> Can this be done?
>
> Olly
>

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