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> Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 21:15:35 +0200 > From: debian_1307@chubig.net > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Remove file resulting from ls|tail -1 > > Dear Oscar, > > what a surprising name… Thanks > > OECT T wrote: > > I need to delete the file resulting from: ls | tail -1 > > In Bash, $(command) is replaced with the output of "command". For > example, > > $ touch $(seq 1 4) > > will create files 1, 2, 3 and 4. So you likely want something like > > $ rm -i "$(ls | tail -1)" > > where the "-i" is for interactive mode (rm will ask you) and the > quotation marks are such that this is treated as a single argument > rather than many different ones. > > Note that you might also want to think of passing ls "-1" and and > possibly sort before taking the tail. > > Best, > > Claudius > -- > Please don’t CC me. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[🔎] 20130719211535.19687a46@ares.home.chubig.net > Thanks a lot. It worked great. Regards Oscar Corte |