07-27-2009
I need to get **a group of latest files** based on date.
Thanks for responding.
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For example, I need to get all of these files based on the latest/new date
Jul 27 19:38 TESTPWD_10204_file_77kgu17l_19687_1
Jul 27 19:40 TESTPWD_10204_file_7akgu17p_19690_1
Jul 27 19:59 TESTPWD_10204_file_79kgu17l_19689_2
Jul 27 20:05 TESTPWD_10204_file_7dkgu3ba_19693_1
Jul 27 20:11 TESTPWD_10204_file_7ckgu344_19692_1
Jul 27 20:22 Config_TESTPWD_10204_060609:19:10.TXT
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
convdate
CONVDATE(1) General Commands Manual CONVDATE(1)
NAME
convdate - convert time/date strings and numbers
SYNOPSIS
convdate [ -c ] [ -n ] [ -s ] arg...
DESCRIPTION
Convdate translate the date/time strings specified as arguments on its command line, outputing the results one to a line.
OPTIONS
-c If the ``-c'' flag is used, then each argument is taken to be a time_t and is output in ctime format.
-n If the ``-n'' flag is used, then each argument is taken as a date string to be parsed by parsedate(3) and is output as a time_t; see
time(2).
-s If the ``-s'' flag is used, then each argument is taken as a date string to be parsed by parsedate(3) and is output as a string for-
matted by ctime(3). This is the default.
EXAMPLES
% convdate 'feb 10 10am'
Sun Feb 10 10:00:00 1991
% convdate 12pm 5/4/90
Fri Dec 13 00:00:00 1991
Fri May 4 00:00:00 1990
% convdate -n 'feb 10 10am' '12pm 5/4/90'
666198000
641880000
% convdate -c 666198000
Sun Feb 10 10:00:00 1991
HISTORY
Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net>. This is revision 1.5, dated 1996/10/29.
SEE ALSO
parsedate(3).
CONVDATE(1)