ls -l filename | cut ..... See "man cut" on how to retrieve a certain field. I think it is -f option. -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Kurth Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 3:59 PM To: Marty Landman Subject: Re[2]: The date of a file I know I can get a list of files with the date using ls -l I want to be able to ask what is the date of a certain file so I can use it in a script. I know I can do this ls -l filename but it will give me all of this -rw-r--r-- 1 admin root 23916 Feb 16 12:01 filename I just want the date of the file only Monday, February 16, 2004, 1:30:51 PM, you wrote: ML> At 04:25 PM 2/16/2004, Richard Kurth wrote: >>Is there a command line command that will tell me the date of a >>particular file ML> ls -l ML> Marty Landman Face 2 Interface Inc 845-679-9387 ML> This Month's New Quiz --- Past Superbowl Winners ML> Make a Website: http://face2interface.com/Home/Demo.shtml -- Best regards, Richard mailto:rkurth@xxxxxxxxxxxx -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
