Re^5: Finding Oldest File in a Directory

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.

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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
You are wrong. `-d` simply means that directories will be listed as themselves. From the man page: -d List names of directories like other files, rather than listing their contents. Perl Mouse is perfectly right about this. Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]
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