user-tools/findnewestfile

   1 #!/bin/bash
   2
   3 self=${0##*/}
   4 gts=-1
   5 lts=-1
   6
   7
   8 if expr "$self" : ".*old" >/dev/null
   9 then
  10         # findOLDESTfile
  11         find "$@" -type f -printf "%T@ %p\n" | while read ts fn
  12         do
  13                 ts=${ts%.*}
  14                 if [ $lts -eq -1 -o $ts -lt $lts ]
  15                 then
  16                         lts=$ts
  17                         echo `date -d @$lts` "$fn"
  18                 fi
  19         done
  20 else
  21         # findNEWESTfile
  22         find "$@" -type f -printf "%T@ %p\n" | while read ts fn
  23         do
  24                 ts=${ts%.*}
  25                 if [ $gts -eq -1 -o $ts -gt $gts ]
  26                 then
  27                         gts=$ts
  28                         echo `date -d @$gts` "$fn"
  29                 fi
  30         done
  31 fi
  32
  33
  34 true <<EOF
  35
  36 =pod
  37
  38 =head1 NAME
  39
  40 findnewestfile - Search for the newest file in a given path recursively and always show the most recent while scanning
  41
  42 findoldestfile - Search for the oldest file in a given path recursively and always show the most older while scanning
  43
  44 =head1 SYNOPSIS
  45
  46 findnewestfile [B<path>]
  47
  48 findoldestfile [B<path>]
  49
  50 =head1 DESCRIPTION
  51
  52 Search for the newest/oldest file in given directory and in its subdirectories
  53 showing files immediately when found one newer/older than the past ones.
  54
  55 =cut
  56
  57 EOF