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Open a file based on its modification date

rated 0 times [ 2] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 366 / 3 Years ago, thu, july 29, 2021, 11:16:02

I know how to open a LibreOffice writer file from the command line. I need to open the most recently modified file in the directory specified in path. It is an .odt file. Thanks

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answered 3 Years ago rtbrbab · Accepted Answer

If you use zsh in your terminal, you can use its glob qualifiers to select the youngest .odt file (by modification time):

soffice path/to/dir/*.odt(om[1])

To use the zsh features from another shell, you could do

zsh -c 'soffice path/to/dir/*.odt(om[1])'