%FIND_LATEST_FILE find latest file in given directory and return path % % *optional input* % path... search path; default './' % file mask... limit results to a specific name or file % extension; default none % offset... take latest-offset; default 0 % % % EXAMPLE: % out = find_latest_file; % out = find_latest_file('../analysis'); % out = find_latest_file('../analysis', '*.h5'); % out = find_latest_file('../analysis', '*recons*.h5'); % out = find_latest_file('../analysis', {*recons*.h5, *recons*.mat}); % out = find_latest_file('../analysis', '*.h5', -2); % %*-----------------------------------------------------------------------* %|                                                                       | %|  Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under a          | %|  Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0            | %|  International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.                             | %|                                                                       | %|  Copyright (c) 2017 by Paul Scherrer Institute (http://www.psi.ch)    | %|                                                                       | %|      Author: CXS group, PSI  | %*-----------------------------------------------------------------------* % You may use this code with the following provisions: % % If the code is fully or partially redistributed, or rewritten in another % computing language this notice should be included in the redistribution. % % If this code, or subfunctions or parts of it, is used for research in a % publication or if it is fully or partially rewritten for another % computing language the authors and institution should be acknowledged % in written form in the publication: “Data processing was carried out % using the “cSAXS matlab package” developed by the CXS group, % Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland.” % Variations on the latter text can be incorporated upon discussion with % the CXS group if needed to more specifically reflect the use of the package % for the published work. % % A publication that focuses on describing features, or parameters, that % are already existing in the code should be first discussed with the % authors. % % This code and subroutines are part of a continuous development, they % are provided “as they are” without guarantees or liability on part % of PSI or the authors. It is the user responsibility to ensure its % proper use and the correctness of the results. function [ out ] = find_latest_file( varargin ) % input vars = []; if nargin>0 vars.path = varargin{1}; else vars.path = './'; vars.name = []; vars.offset = 0; end if nargin>1 vars.name = varargin{2}; vars.offset = 0; end if nargin>2 vars.offset = varargin{3}; end % make sure that directory exists if ~isdir(vars.path) error('Could not find directory %s', vars.path) end % add -name flag if needed if isempty(vars.name) sys_call = sprintf('find %s -type f', vars.path); else if iscell(vars.name) nme = ['''' strjoin(vars.name(:), ''' -o -name ''')]; sys_call = sprintf('find %s -type f \\( -name %s'' \\)', vars.path, nme); else sys_call = sprintf('find %s -type f -name ''%s''', vars.path, vars.name); end end % okay, let's go [~, out] = system([sys_call ' -printf ''%T@ %p\n'' | sort -n | tail ' num2str((abs(vars.offset)*(-1)-1)) '| cut -f2- -d" " | sed -n ''1p''']); out = out(1:end-1); end