Re^3: Finding Oldest File in a Directory

almost...

ls -td *BOT* | head -1
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Or you'll get the first file in the oldest directory containing BOT in its name (assuming no file whose name contains BOT is older)

This still has the possibility of returning a directory name though. Under Unix, this still is a file, although when people say "file", they usually want to exclude directories.

Perl --((8:>*

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Re^4: Finding Oldest File in a Directory by Moron (Curate) on Oct 06, 2005 at 09:47 UTC
No, the -d option specifically limits the output to directories only, not its absence as you imply. -M Free your mind	[reply]
Re^5: Finding Oldest File in a Directory by Perl Mouse (Chaplain) on Oct 06, 2005 at 09:52 UTC
No, the -d option specifically limits the output to directories only, not its absence as you imply. I know. That's why I wrote: This still has the possibility of returning a directory name though. `-d` implies that `ls` won't show the content of the directories, just the name. Which is exactly what I intended. `Perl --((8:>*`	[reply]
Re^6: Finding Oldest File in a Directory by Moron (Curate) on Oct 06, 2005 at 10:12 UTC
What I am trying to draw your attention to is that it has ONLY the possibility of returning directory names which is not what the OP is asking for. -M Free your mind	[reply]
Re^7: Finding Oldest File in a Directory by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Oct 08, 2005 at 19:29 UTC
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