shell - How do I get the name of the newest file via the Terminal? -

I'm trying to create a macro for OS X:

2. Paste the text "Latest file:" and paste the name of the newest file.

One of its options is "execution of a shell script", so I thought it would be for 1. After Googling around a while I came up with this:

  cd / path / from / directory / ls-tt | Head-n1  

This is OK, and returns the first filename. However, it also includes a line break, which I do not want as 2: I can output the "latest file:" text with a different action in the app, and paste the file name behind it . But I'm thinking that you can not return the result of "random text" + ls command.

So my question is this: do I command it only ls ? And how can I get the name of the latest file just without any line breaks?

Since you are already using pipes, simply enter another place there:

  ls -t | Head-n1 | Awk '{printf ("latest file:% s", $ 0)}'  

(Note that "printf" does not include '\ n' at the end

< P> Edit:

With Arkku's suggestion to exit awk after the first line, it looks like:

  ls -t | awk '{printf ("Latest file:% s", $ 0), exit} '