View and modify file times under Linux

I. Viewing file time and related commands

1. Stat View file time

[Email protected] ~]# stat install.log  File: "Install.log"  size:33386 blocks:80         IO block:4096   General file device:fd00h/64768d    inode:7692962     links:1access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root) access:2012-07-13 16:02:34.000000000 +0800modify:2011-11-29 16:03:06.000000000 + 0800change:2011-11-29 16:03:08.000000000 +0800

Description: Access time for access. Modify modification time. Change state changes time. Can stat * View the status of all files in this directory.

And we want to see the specific time of the three time of a file, and save it in the format of days and seconds. We can use the following command:

[Email protected] ~]# Stat install.log|grep-i Modify | Awk-f. ' {print $} ' | awk ' {print $2$3} ' | awk-f-' {print $1$2$3} ' | Awk-f: ' {print $1$2$3} ' 20111129160306

View and modify file times under Linux