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Old 02-01-2012
How to get the timestamp for file using shell script
I am writing a script to move the executable from one node to another and take the backup of the existing one. For that I want to fetch the timestamp of file using shell script.

Could anyone help?
# 2  
Old 02-01-2012
If you're talking about the last modification time of file, then try this:
Code:
$ stat --printf=%y inputfile | cut -d. -f1
2012-02-01 06:22:34

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Old 02-01-2012
Code:
stat -c %y file

#or get it from ls

ls -l file
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 99 2012-01-31 20:13 file

--ahamed
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