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# 1  
Old 07-26-2005
How to get the Date time when the file was created.
sorry for the title of this thread-
I figured out how to capture empty variable by using-
if [ $?fdate ]
then
........

This thread originally had two parts in it (one for capturing empty variable and the other to get the date time in 14 char format). Once I figured out the solution for the first part I edited the content. I changed the title too but it doesn't show up.

Anyway, my question is:
Is there any way to get the date and time when the file was created in 14 char (20050726105312) format?

ThankYou for any replies,
Radhika.
Last edited by radhika; 07-26-2005 at 12:08 PM..
# 2  
Old 07-26-2005
I tried to clip the date from ls -al command:

file_date=`ls -al test.txt | cut -f2-3 -d'0' | cut -f1-4 -d' ' `
echo filedate before conversion is: $file_date

I get the following result:
filedate before conversion is: Jul 26 09:53

I still don't know how to get it in 14 char date (20050726120530) format?

Appreciate any replies.
Radhika.
# 3  
Old 07-26-2005
Changing date to 14 char format
How about this ?

Code:
date --date="Jul 26 09:53" +%Y%m%d%I%M%S

It gave me

20050726095300

vino
# 4  
Old 07-26-2005
okay I modified my script to say:

"test.sh" 7 lines, 133 characters
fdate=`ls -al test.txt | cut -f2-3 -d'0' | cut -f1-4 -d' ' `
echo $fdate
mydate=`$fdate+%Y%m%d%I%M%S`
echo $mydate

I get the following error:
Jul 26 12:59
test.sh[4]: Jul: not found

Appreciate your reply.
Radhika.
# 5  
Old 07-26-2005
I got it....

filedate=`ls -al test.txt | cut -f2-3 -d'0' | cut -f1-4 -d' ' `
echo $filedate

date=$filedate
dte=`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S`
echo $dte

Result is:
20050726135232

Thanks! Vino for the idea.
Regards,
Radhika.
# 6  
Old 07-26-2005
ls's time is not the file creation time, but rather the 'last modification' time.
look here
# 7  
Old 07-26-2005
ThankYou for the correction.

Although, in my case the file when created will be an empty file and will not be touched again.

Regards,
Radhika.
 
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