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i want to use ls -l to get the date and time stamp off of a file, so i do
a ls -l <filename> and pipe the output to awk and have it print the
$6,$7,and the $8 fields. now my problem is that if the kilobytes field is
greater than 1000000 then the $4th and $5th fields get merged and i have
to print the $5th $6th and $7th field to get the same date and time stamp.
is there anyway to get a date and timestamp of a file without ls -l so i
don't have to worry about awk fields getting merged? any help will be
greatly appreciated. thanks -maurice
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here are some quotes:

"Lets make sure history never forgets...the name..Enterprise, Picard out."
                                       Captain Picard - STNG

 > i want to use ls -l to get the date and time stamp off of a file, so i do
 > a ls -l <filename> and pipe the output to awk and have it print the
 > $6,$7,and the $8 fields. now my problem is that if the kilobytes field is
 > greater than 1000000 then the $4th and $5th fields get merged and i have
 > to print the $5th $6th and $7th field to get the same date and time stamp.
 > is there anyway to get a date and timestamp of a file without ls -l so i
 > don't have to worry about awk fields getting merged? any help will be
 > greatly appreciated. thanks -maurice

perl can do that. You can find perl binary for any system on the Net.

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Hi,

Depending on your OS of choice. Try looking at the stat program or stat
function.

Somckit

Under bash or ksh, you can try:

ls -l | awk '
{
    if ( length($4) > 6 )
        print $5$6$7
    else
        print $6$7$8

Quote:}

A better way may be to use cut:

ls -l | cut -c42-44,45-47,48-53

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Erwin R. Manuel

Quote:

>here are some quotes:

>"Lets make sure history never forgets...the name..Enterprise, Picard
out."
>                                       Captain Picard - STNG

Try this:

ls -o (FULL PATHNAME HERE) |tr -s [':space:']|cut -d' ' -f 5-8

And refer the the man pages for ls, tr, and cut for a complete
explantion.
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The above opinions are mine, not my employer's.

Quote:> now my problem is that if the kilobytes field is
> greater than 1000000 then the $4th and $5th fields get merged and i have
> to print the $5th $6th and $7th field to get the same date and time stamp.
> is there anyway to get a date and timestamp of a file without ls -l so i
> don't have to worry about awk fields getting merged? any help will be
> greatly appreciated. thanks -maurice

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 > Under bash or ksh, you can try:
 >
 > ls -l | awk '
 > {
 >     if ( length($4) > 6 )
 >         print $5$6$7
 >     else
 >         print $6$7$8
 > }
 >
 > With sh or csh, I believe you need to use \ and ;
 >
 > A better way may be to use cut:
 >
 > ls -l | cut -c42-44,45-47,48-53

All this depend of your local langage.
Do you try with non english ? :-)

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