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ls -Art | tail -n 1

Not very elegant, but it works.

Used flags:

-A list all files except . and ..

-r reverse order while sorting

-t sort by time, newest first

ls -Art | tail -n 1

This will return the latest modified file or directory. Not very elegant, but it works.

Used flags:

-A list all files except . and ..

-r reverse order while sorting

-t sort by time, newest first

ls -Art | tail -n 1

Not very elegant, but it works.

ls -Art | tail -n 1

Not very elegant, but it works.

Used flags:

-A list all files except . and ..

-r reverse order while sorting

-t sort by time, newest first

ls -rth | tail -n 1 ?

ls -Art | tail -n 1

Not very elegant, but it works.