Linux Shell Scripting using BASH Help!

fooforon · 02-04-2004, 01:41 PM

Hi, Im working on a school assignment and i have gotton almost the rest of the script working but have gotton stuck, I have to right a script that output this

Last Access Time: 2004-01-14 10:24
Creation/Modified Time: 2004-01-13 15:02

Im not sure how i find the specfic access time of a file in that format any help would be greatly appeciated

Jamie

wapcaplet · 02-04-2004, 01:51 PM

Check out the 'ls' manpage - it has options for formatting the time, like "--time-style", and an option "--time=xxx" for showing creation time, access time, etc.

fooforon · 02-04-2004, 02:08 PM

I have looked up the ls man pages and found those entries, but I tried

jsmacmil@matrix:~> ls --time=access

ls Labtree otherclasses l2.text
cat bak public_html partner.stu
asgm1 drivers Cisco PIX Firewall Features.doc rollem.bash
Desktop lab1 expressions.bash spam.stu

this is my output it doesn't list any times at all it only sorts by time so if there is a switch or something im missing please gu9ide me in the right diretion

david_ross · 02-04-2004, 02:11 PM

Take a look at stat:
man stat

wapcaplet · 02-04-2004, 02:58 PM

With ls, you need to use the -l option to see dates and stuff. 'stat' is probably better suited to your purposes anyway.

fooforon · 02-05-2004, 09:16 AM

Thank you for u help stat command worked prefectly
Thank you

Jamie