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Asked: May 24, 20262026-05-24T23:43:06+00:00 2026-05-24T23:43:06+00:00

I name output folders for the date that I run a program on. So,

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I name output folders for the date that I run a program on. So, I have the following folders in my directory:

2011.05.18
2011.06.30
2011.07.07
2011.07.27
2011.08.03

How can I automatically identify the most recent one from the command line (e.g. so that I can make a symbolic link to files in it)?

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    2026-05-24T23:43:07+00:00Added an answer on May 24, 2026 at 11:43 pm
    LATEST=`ls -d1 | sort | tail -1`
    

    If you have other files/directories besides the yyyy.mm.dd directories, then this would be better:

    LATEST=`ls -d1 [0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9] | sort | tail -1`
    
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