last_modified

Return the last modified file(s) in a given directory or glob.

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Return a cell array containing the names of the last modified files in the given directory.

Filters out entries which are directories, to remove those annoying '.' and '..' entries in UNIX.

Equivalent to running system('ls -At | head -n') and then chopping up the result.

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Matthew Foster (2026). last_modified (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/14206-last_modified), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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1.0.0.0

removed extra find, which lint didn't like.