retrieve the last modified date

[Guest_imported]

Hi,

I want to retrieve the last modified date(with the time) of
a file in Unix.Can you kindly give me the unix command for it?

thx
Beulah

 

[pcunix]

ls -l

See also "man ls" and pay attention to -u, -c and -t

I often find it useful to use "ls -lut | head" when looking for recently USED files.
Tony Lawrence
SCO Unix/Linux Resources

http://pcunix.com

tony@pcunix.com

 

[Guest_imported]

I want to retrieve ONLY the date and ignore other informations like permission,author,etc..

 

[KenCunningham]

Why? However, this will do what you require:

ls -ltr | tr -s ' ' ' ' | cut -d' ' -f6-8

HTH.