Test a file date with bash
I'm afraid I cann't answer the question for creation time, but for last modification time you can use the following to get the epoch date, in seconds, since filename was last modified:
date --utc --reference=filename +%sSo you could then so something like:
modsecs=$(date --utc --reference=filename +%s)nowsecs=$(date +%s)delta=$(($nowsecs-$modsecs))echo "File $filename was modified $delta secs ago"if [ $delta -lt 120 ]; then # do somethingfietc..
UpdateA more elgant way of doing this (again, modified time only): how do I check in bash whether a file was created more than x time ago?