Get most recent file in a directory on Linux

linux shell command-line
ack picture ack · Jun 19, 2009 · Viewed 274.2k times · Source

Looking for a command that will return the single most recent file in a directory.

Not seeing a limit parameter to ls...

Answer

dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten picture dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten · Jun 19, 2009 
ls -Art | tail -n 1

Not very elegant, but it works.

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