1SHTOOL-MDATE.TMP(1)         GNU Portable Shell Tool        SHTOOL-MDATE.TMP(1)
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NAME

6       shtool mdate - GNU shtool pretty-print last modification time
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SYNOPSIS

9       shtool mdate [-n|--newline] [-z|--zero] [-s|--shorten] [-d|--digits]
10       [-f|--field-sep str] [-o|--order spec] path
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DESCRIPTION

13       This command pretty-prints the last modification time of a given file
14       or directory path, while still allowing one to specify the format of
15       the date to display.
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OPTIONS

18       The following command line options are available.
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20       -n, --newline
21           By default, output is written to stdout followed by a "newline"
22           (ASCII character 0x0a). If option -n is used, this newline
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25       -z, --zero
26           Pads numeric day and numeric month with a leading zero. Default is
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29       -s, --shorten
30           Shortens the name of the month to a english three character
31           abbreviation. Default is full english name. This option is silently
32           ignored when combined with -d.
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35           Use digits for month. Default is to use a english name.
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37       -f, --field-sep str
38           Field separator string between the day month year tripple. Default
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41       -o, --order spec
42           Specifies order of the day month year elements within the tripple.
43           Each element represented as a single character out of ``"d"'',
44           ``"m"'' and ``"y"''. The default for spec is ``"dmy"''.
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EXAMPLE

47        #   shell script
48        shtool mdate -n /
49        shtool mdate -f '/' -z -d -o ymd foo.txt
50        shtool mdate -f '-' -s foo.txt
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HISTORY

53       The GNU shtool mdate command was originally written by Ulrich Drepper
54       in 1995 and revised by Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com> in
55       1998 for inclusion into GNU shtool.
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SEE ALSO

58       shtool(1), date(1), ls(1).
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6218-Jul-2008                      shtool 2.0.8              SHTOOL-MDATE.TMP(1)
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