Re: Comparing time in Linux


"Binary" <binary.chen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Any command or script to compare the date/time in Linux? I want to know
> a date is later or ealier than another. Such as 2005/10/10 >
> 2004/11/21?

If you want to compare dates of files, test(1) has -nt and -ot operators


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