BAT how to get the oldest file in a folder?

Question

cmd/bat

You need to look at all the files and find the oldest one, how will it look like for a batch file? I tried many methods, but they do not return the oldest one.

Answer 1

@echo off
for /f "delims=" %%F in ('dir /AD /TW /B') do set filename=%%F
goto tests
:tests
@echo on
echo "%filename%"
// loop through output of the dir command with parameters, assign to filename. the last assignment is the result. /AD - no directories /TW - sort by time /B - filenames only
I checked, it seems to work. But I think the logic should be something like this.