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From: krs@uts.amdahl.com (Kris Stephens [Hail Eris!])
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: Comparing modified times of files
Message-ID: <787r01De4aF300@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Date: 26 Mar 91 15:37:52 GMT
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In article <6067@iron6.UUCP> yeates@motcid.UUCP (Tony J Yeates) writes:
>krs@uts.amdahl.com (Kris Stephens [Hail Eris!]) writes:
>
>># sh or ksh fragment
>>newest() {
>>	set -- ls -t $* 2>/dev/null
>>	echo $1
>>	}
>>oldest() {
>>	set -- ls -rt $* 2>/dev/null
>>	echo $1
>>	}
>
>Can you have functions in Bourne Shell scripts?  I thought this was 
>only available in Ksh.

Well, it works in my Bourne shell.  :-)
...Kris
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