[Tfug] Command-line fun

[Christopher Robbins]

That worked perfectly.  Thanks!

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Stott, Will
<will.stott at ventana.roche.com>wrote:

>  Try: ls | tail -<n> for example “ls | tail -10” would limit to the last
> 10 results.
>
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>
> 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
>
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>
> 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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Christopher P Robbins
Systems Programmer
Department of English - University of Arizona
1423 East University Blvd.
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