Terminal Command to open most recently modified .Numbers file ???

RiDE · RiDE #1 (**permalink**)

09-29-2010, 06:51 PM

Anyone know a Terminal Command to open the most recently modified .Numbers file in a particular directory?

vansmith · vansmith #2 (**permalink**)

09-29-2010, 08:47 PM

I can't help you right now but have you considered writing an applescript to do this? There may be something available if you look in the Numbers dictionary (I don't have Numbers so I can't look).

EDIT: Don't listen to myself of about ten minutes ago.

The ls command lists the files in a directory. According to the man page, the t switch will "sort by modification time" (man page). If you then used grep, you could probably limit the results to .Numbers files and have them print in order of last edited. So, something similar to:

Code:

ls -t | grep ".Numbers"

McYukon · McYukon #3 (**permalink**)

09-29-2010, 11:07 PM

I'm amazed, didn't think that I would manage it but I figured it out in about 30 minutes of trial and error.
And believe me, there were lots of errors

Code:

cd ~/Desktop; open "`ls -t | grep .Numbers | head -1`"

It's a bit picky about the file ending, the file extension needs to be visible in the finder and capitalization matters.

RiDE · RiDE #4 (**permalink**)

09-30-2010, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by McYukon

I'm amazed, didn't think that I would manage it but I figured it out in about 30 minutes of trial and error.
And believe me, there were lots of errors

Code:

cd ~/Desktop; open "`ls -t | grep .Numbers | head -1`"

It's a bit picky about the file ending, the file extension needs to be visible in the finder and capitalization matters.

That's perfect!!! the only tiny adjustment is Numbers.app extensions are lower-case (.numbers)

Thank you both very much!!!

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vansmith #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 19, 2008 Location: Ottawa Posts: 15,289 Mac Specs: 2012 13" MBP (2.5 i5, 8GB)	09-29-2010, 08:47 PM I can't help you right now but have you considered writing an applescript to do this? There may be something available if you look in the Numbers dictionary (I don't have Numbers so I can't look). EDIT: Don't listen to myself of about ten minutes ago. The ls command lists the files in a directory. According to the man page, the t switch will "sort by modification time" (man page). If you then used grep, you could probably limit the results to .Numbers files and have them print in order of last edited. So, something similar to: Code: ls -t \| grep ".Numbers" Important Links: Community Guidelines : Use the reputation system if you've been helped. M-F Blog :: Write for the blog :: M-F IRC Channel - Chats every Sunday at 8PM EST. Last edited by vansmith; 09-29-2010 at 08:57 PM.
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