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Old 11-18-2005
How do i check if 2 files have same timestamp?
How can i compare the time stamps of two files to check if they are the same. Is there any option like the -nt or -ot with the if clause? I have a file and i "cp -p" the file to a different location. If a copy of the file already exists, i dont want to copy it. I am also running multiple instances of the script that copies the file and i do not know the exact name of the file that gets copied because the script appends timestamp to filename at the time of copying.
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Old 11-18-2005
If you have timestamps in the names, just compare the names. But you can do:
[[ $filea -nt $fileb || $filea -ot $fileb ]] && echo files have different mod times
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