bash alias to get latest/most recent file

Command

$ alias latest="find . | sort | tail -n 1"

This allows you to have an alias to get file name of most recently modified file in the current directory. Save in your .bashrc or .aliases file.

Usage

$ vi `latest`

Opens most recently modified file in vim

$ open `latest`

If in pictures directory, will open your most recently modified photo in image preview (in OSX)