bash: list newest files filtered by date and file name
I thought this was pretty nifty so I figured I’d put it in a post.
The problem: you want to copy some files, but only the newest and of a certain type, such as, only .txt files.
The solution: The trick is to use ls -lrt to sort by and show the date and count the number of files. Then you just pass that number to tail, and it only grabs those files! Furthermore, you can
5 dollars and two hours
VentureBeat posted a video about the Stanford Venture Program, which gave a few groups of students $5 and two hours, with the goal of who can make the most money.
Nkurz on Hacker News Summarized it pretty well:
She teaches a class at Stanford and offers each team $5 of ‘funding’ in an envelope. She tells them that once they open the envelope, they have 2 hours to make as much money as they








