#!/bin/bash # Write a shell script that displays the last modification time of any file. # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Copyright (c) 2008 nixCraft project <http://cyberciti.biz/fb/> # This script is licensed under GNU GPL version 2.0 or above # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # This script is part of nixCraft shell script collection (NSSC) # Visit http://bash.cyberciti.biz/ for more information. # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- echo -n "Enter a filename to see last modification time : " read fileName # make sure file exits if [ ! -f $fileName ] then echo "$fileName not a file" exit 1 fi # use stat command to display echo "$fileName was last modified on $(stat -c %x $fileName)"
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% x will NOT give time modified it will give time of last ACCESS its %y that gives time of last modification this i think though might vary across bash versions i am just going off the Manual pge in my possession