Shell Script That Display The Last Modification Time Of Any File

#!/bin/bash


# Write a shell script that displays the last modification time of any file.


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echo -n "Enter a filename to see last modification time : "


read fileName


 


# make sure file exits


if [ ! -f $fileName ]


then


 echo "$fileName not a file"


 exit 1


fi


 


# use stat command to display 


echo "$fileName was last modified on $(stat -c %x $fileName)"