command for modification date of a file - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

scampsd · #1 12-21-2005

Good morning,
I would like to find all files of a certain type and display their name as well as their modification date.
In order to do this, I would do the following:

find ./ -name *.csv | ????????

My question: what to put after the pipe instead of the question marks? Is there a basic UNIX command that can determine the modification date of a file?

Thanks
Dominique

matrixmadhan · #2 12-21-2005

Code:

find . -name '<search_file>' | xargs ls -l | awk '{print $9"   "$6"   "$7"   "$8}'

scampsd · #3 12-21-2005

Hello MatrixMadhan,
I have tried your command, it does exactly what I wanted and I have learned a lot via the 'xargs' command.

Thanks
Dominique

matrixmadhan · #4 12-28-2005

a different way without involving xargs

Code:

find . -name '<search_file>' -ls | awk '{print $11"  "$8"  "$9" "$10}'

saneeshjose · #5 12-28-2005

I am wondering whether

ls -l *.csw

can't give the modification date of a file?

vino · #6 12-28-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by saneeshjose

I am wondering whether

ls -l *.csw

can't give the modification date of a file?

It would work for the current directory. And you will have to do that for each directory. find will find all the files in the specified path which has that extension.

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