 | Chapter 16 Where Did I Put That? |  |
| Chapter 16 Where Did I Put That? | |
Here's a quick alias that figures out which file in a group is the newest:
-d | alias newer "ls -dt \!* | head -1" |
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| csh_init sh_init | If your system doesn't have a head (25.20) command, use sed 1q instead. |
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For example, let's say that you have two files named plan.v1 and and plan.v2. If you're like me, you (often) edit the wrong version by mistake - and then, a few hours later, can't remember what you did. You can use this alias to figure out which file you changed most recently:
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Oops. I edited the wrong version by mistake. I could also have used backquotes (9.16) to handle this in one step:
%emacs `newer plan.*`
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| 16.26 Finding Text Files with findtext |  | 16.28 oldlinks: Find Unconnected Symbolic Links |
