Commands tagged most recent file (2)

  • Copy the most recent wav file from /media/ to the current folder

    Watch out if you have several USB drives plugged in: it scans the whole /media/ folder !!! You can replace /media/ by the path of a specific USB drive (something like /media/F77A-530B/) I use a sound recorder and I want to plug the recorder and grab the most recent sound. That's what this command does. Use mv instead of cp to move instead of copy. Change *.wav to the required file type.


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    cp $(find /media/ -type f -name "*.wav" -printf "%T@ %h/%f\n" | sort | tail -1 | awk '{ print $2 }') .
    hamoid · 2012-06-01 12:45:43 0
  • Returns the N most recently modified files from anywhere 'below' (and including) the current working directory, in order, with details.

    Returns a list, with attributes (think `ls -l`), in reverse chronological order. N is a single numeric parameter. Robust against unfriendly filenames and directory structures. Show Sample Output


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    nmf() { find . -type f -printf '%T@ ' -print0 -printf '\n' | sort -rn | head -"$1" | cut -f2- -d" " | tr -d "\0" | tr "\n" "\0" | xargs -0 ls -Ulh; }
    incidentnormal · 2016-03-04 14:53:14 0

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