[Tfug] Command-line fun

[Stott, Will]

Try: ls | tail -<n> for example "ls | tail -10" would limit to the last 10
results.

 

Will

 

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From: tfug-bounces at tfug.org [mailto:tfug-bounces at tfug.org] On Behalf Of
Christopher Robbins
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 9:18 AM
To: Tucson Free Unix Group
Subject: [Tfug] Command-line fun

 

Is there an easy way to limit the results of an "ls" command to the last 10
(20, 30, n) results
via the command-line? 

I have a Windows box running Cygwin (I can't have linux on this one :( ),
and I'm trying to run
a one-liner that will pull out the last 10 logs and see what version of
software it ran.  I know how
to run fgrep through it, then pull the version info out with sed - I just
can't wrap my head around limiting
the results with "ls".

Any ideas? 

Thanks, 

   - Chris

PS - I know I'm not as active on the list as I used to be (and I always
missed the happy hour), but I finally left UA last month.  
Found greener pastures in private industry - I think it was more than
overdue...

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