open the newest file of a directory in vim

vol

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# vol as a shell script
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# You would put this code in a directory that's in your
# path, like ~/bin (PATH=~/bin:$PATH in your .bashrc to
# add a directory like that to your path.)
# The invokation syntax is the same as that of the
# function.
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# Example usage:
# vol
# vol path/to/directory
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#! /bin/sh

unset latest
for file in "${1:-.}"/*
do
    if [ -f "$file" ]
    then
        latest=${latest-$file}
        find "$file" -prune -newer "$latest" | read -r dummy && latest=$file
    fi
done
test -e "$latest" && exec /usr/bin/vim "$latest"

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