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Created February 27, 2012 00:40
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lastdl -- shell script to report the newest file in the downloads folder
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lastdl.sh
#!/bin/sh
# echoes the full path of the newest download
# usage: lastdl.sh [NN], where 1<=NN<100
# adjust this appropriately:
DOWNLOADS=$HOME/Downloads
# this is horrendous
back=$1
case $back in
[0-9]|[0-9][0-9]) ;;
*) back=1 ;;
esac
file=`ls -1t $DOWNLOADS | head -$back | tail -1`
echo $DOWNLOADS/$file
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