Bash script to find and display oldest file

Question

I\'m trying to write a script that will display the name of oldest file within the directory that the script is executed from.

This is what I have so far:

Answer 1

You can use this function to find oldest file/directory in any directory:

oldest() { 
   oldf=
   for f in *; do
      # not a file, ignore
      [[ ! -f "$f" ]] && continue
      # find oldest entry
      [[ -z "$oldf" ]] && oldf="$f" || [[ "$f" -ot "$oldf" ]] && oldf="$f"
   done
   printf '%s\n' "$oldf"
}

And call it in any directory as:

oldest