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Regex expreesion for last update file

Please help me out with a regex to find the last modified file/latest updated file in the folder.

The files are in this manner:

Test.2014_02_20 updated 13:00:23
Test.2014_02_21 updated 15:23:23
Test.2014_02_25 updated 21:24:23

Using regex we need to pick up the file Test.2014_02_25 updated 21:24:23

Thanks.

Solution

  • Through the comments from @Theox and @piet.t, OP has concluded that regular expressions were not the best tool to accomplish the task here.

    "You can use regexs to validate the format of the line (...)" - Theox

    "(...) the concept of ordering things by some criteria is way out of the scope of regex" - piet.t