finding the latest modified file in a folder in javascript

index.tsx
const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');

function getLatestModifiedFile(folderPath) {
    // Read the directory's content
    const files = fs.readdirSync(folderPath);

    // Variable to store the latest modified file information
    let latestFile = {
        name: '',
        modified: 0
    };

    // Loop through each file in the folder
    files.forEach(file => {
        const filePath = path.join(folderPath, file);

        // Get the file's stats
        const fileStats = fs.statSync(filePath);

        // Check if this file is more recently modified than the previous latest
        if (fileStats.mtimeMs > latestFile.modified) {
            latestFile = {
                name: file,
                modified: fileStats.mtimeMs
            };
        }
    });

    return latestFile.name;
}

// Example usage
const folderPath = './folder';
const latestFile = getLatestModifiedFile(folderPath);

console.log(`The latest modified file in "${folderPath}" is "${latestFile}".`);
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