Ubuntu – Rename the most recently used file

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I have some files in /home/Desktop/Code directory. How can I change the file name which is last modified to a name "test.cpp" using terminal.

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Try this: ls -t | head -n 1 | xargs -I '{}' mv '{}' test.cpp

Explanation:

ls -t sort the files by last modification date

head -n 1 selects the first name that previous command returned (last modified file)

xargs -I '{}' mv '{}' test.cpp this command execute the mv command replacing the '{}' with string received from standard input (in this case through the pipe) (The command would be mv last_modified_file test.cpp)

To avoid directories:

ls -t `find -maxdepth 1 -type f` | head -n 1 | xargs -I '{}' mv '{}' test.cpp

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Ubuntu – How to clear recently used files without using a terminal

The only way I know how to do this is to install Ubuntu Tweak, which can be found by going to http://ubuntu-tweak.com/ and installing the software.

Open Ubuntu Tweak up and go to Gnome Settings then uncheck Enable System Wide "Recent Documents" List

Ubuntu – How to open a Ruby file in terminal

You can use the ruby command, which calls the Ruby interpreter on your file:

ruby ~/Desktop/test.rb

This way you don't need to make your file executable.

(The tilde symbol ~ is a shorthand for the path to your home folder which is /home/<your-username>.)

If you still need to make your script executable I hope you remembered to type the shebang line on the first line of your script:

#!/usr/bin/ruby

then run chmod +x ~/Desktop/test.rb on the terminal to make test.rb executable.

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