Is there a simple way to do something like this?

Basically, I am trying to write a script that when invoked, will 'do' an ls -lrt on the chosen directory, grab the last five lines (i.e most recently updated files) and strip out all the garbage, leaving just the filenames. My script will then use ftp to put these files on a remote server.

Am I making any sense? I don't want to post any code yet because the code i do have does not relate to this question - i.e., there is a big blank hole in it and i am looking for some guidance :P

Thanks as always for any responses...

Azatoth a.k.a Captain Whiplash

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Edited by Corion : Fixed title, font tags

In reply to Reading from ls-lrt (was: Reading) by azatoth

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