Fd: getting last modified file

[idkjs]

What version of fd are you using?
[fd 8.1.1]

How would I get the last modified file in a directory and it sub-directories with fd?

This is the script I have now: ls -t **/*.re | head -n1. It search for files by an extension recursively and returns the last modified file.

I can't get this to run in fd. This is as close as I am:

> fd -e re --exec stat | sort -nr | cut -d: -f2- | head -1
06:29 2020" "Aug 10 10:06:29 2020" "Aug 10 10:06:29 2020" "Aug  9 18:12:28 2020" 4096 8 0 src/Router.re

Great Project.

Thank you.

[tmccombs]

How about:

fd -e re --exec stat --printf='%Y\t%n\n' | sort -nr | head -1 | cut -f2 

[idkjs]

I think that I forgot to mention that I am trying this on fishshell. Just started using it. Syntax might be a bit different.

Getting:

usage: stat [-FlLnqrsx] [-f format] [-t timefmt] [file ...]
stat: illegal option -- -
usage: stat [-FlLnqrsx] [-f format] [-t timefmt] [file ...]
stat: illegal option -- -
usage: stat [-FlLnqrsx] [-f format] [-t timefmt] [file ...]

[tmccombs]

What OS are you on? Your stat options look very different than mine (on linux). I'd read the manpage for your stat, and see how you can use a format that has the timestamp as a single number (unix epoch) and filename.

[idkjs]

❯ sw_vers
ProductName: Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.15.6
BuildVersion: 19G73

[idkjs]

You read the man page for mac? That is a nice reflex. Thank you for sharing that with me. This man page has some good info it. I will come back and post once i have figured it out. Peace/Love @tmccombs

[tmccombs]

I think it would be stat -f "%m%t%N" or possibly stat -f "%Sm%t%N" -t %s

[idkjs]

fd -e re --exec stat -f "%m%t%N" | sort -nr | head -1 | cut -f2 is correct. You are the lucky winner of my gratitude.

Seriously, you are very generous.

I am still going to take time to study that man page.

Peace/Love