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    1. #
    2. #Write a script to display the last modified file
    3. #
    4. clear
    5.  
    6. echo -n "Enter directory to find last modified file :"
    7. read directory
    8.  
    9. if [ ! -d $directory ] 
    10. then
    11.     echo "Directory does not exist"
    12. else
    13. 	filename=$(ls -lt $directory| tr -s " " | cut -d " " -f8 |head -2 | tail -1)
    14. 	echo "Last modified file is :"$filename
    15. fi