Comparing modified times of files

[Art Neilson]

In article <SCOTTP.91Mar8093523 at bwdlh504.bnr.ca> scottp at bwdlh504.bnr.ca (Scott Pace) writes:
>I would like to be able to compare two files' time stamps, to see which one
>is the oldest (or newest). How can I do this with sh?
>I know about ksh and perl, but I want to know how it can be done with plain
>old Bourne Shell.
>I am running on HP-UX, if that makes a difference.
>--
>Scott Pace, Bell Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada, (613) 765-2631
>scottp at bnr.ca

How about:

:
echo `ls -t $* | head -1`
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