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open last modified file in the directory using vi

I want a quick way to open the last modified file in the directory, perhaps in a form of alias.

Currently, I do ls -ltr. Then copy-and-paste the filename

Assume that I am using tcsh

+5  A:  
vi `ls -tr | tail -1`
GJ  2010-01-14 18:53:12
May want to add --groups-directories-first to the ls, that way files are always at the end.
Randy Morris  2010-01-14 20:22:02

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