On 12/9/2011 9:27 AM, John R. Dennison wrote: > On Fri, Dec 09, 2011 at 03:15:53PM +0100, Mogens Kjaer wrote: >> >> Try something like: >> >> find . -type f -printf '%A@ %p\n' | sort -n | tail -1 > > I believe you want %T@ instead of %A@ (modification time versus access > time). I would also suggest sort -nr to sort from most recent to least > recent. > > > John I like: find . -type f -printf '%TY/%Tm/%Td %TH:%TM:%TS %p\n' | sort -n | tail -1 which shows the last access date/time in a human-readable format that also sorts nicely (YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM:SS). Note that some distros include fractional values with the seconds (%TS), making it even more accurate. My CentOS 5.7 server does not, my Kubuntu 11.10 desktop does. Best Regards, Dave Windsor Robert Bosch LLC Team Leader, MES Database Infrastructure Group (AdP/TEF7.1) Anderson, SC USA