Script to open latest text file from a directory
Here you can do something like this
#!/bin/shSOURCE_DIR=/home/juned/DownloadsDEST_DIR=/tmp/LAST_MODIFIED_FILE=`ls -t ${SOURCE_DIR}| head -1`echo $LAST_MODIFIED_FILE#Open filevim $SOURCE_DIR/$LAST_MODIFIED_FILE#Copy filecp $SOURCE_DIR/$LAST_MODIFIED_FILE $DEST_DIRecho "File copied successfully"You can specify any application name in which you want to open that file like gedit, kate etc. Here I've used vim.
xdg-open - opens a file or URL in the user's preferred application
Not an expert in bash but you can try this logic:
First, grab the latest file using ls -t -t sorts by time head -1 gets the first file
F=`ls -t * | head -1`Then open the file using and editor:
xdg-open $Fgedit $F...As suggested by @ AJefferiss you can directly do :
xdg-open $(ls -t * | head -1)gedit $(ls -t * | head -1)