Year on ls -l

[IMAUser]

Can I get the year on a ls listing of a directory

-rw-r--r-- 1 owner grp 1033 Jun 27 14:05 batch.sh

is a usual entry, but if this file was created last year the entry looks like

-rw-r--r-- 1 owner grp 1033 Jun 27 2002 batch.sh

Can I always get the year, or somehow also have the year in the ls option.

Thanks

 

[dickiebird]

NO - and here's why
Column 8 is always either date or time and column 9 is always the filename. If this was to vary, then scripts that look for column 9 would get a date (not the name !) if it was over a year old.
-rw-rw-rw- 1 backup staff 341 05 Feb 13:16 mscstx10.mel.wed
-rw-r--r-- 1 backup staff 341 04 Feb 13:16 mscstx10.melbn.tue
-rw-rw-rw- 1 backup staff 665 31 Jan 13:16 mscstx10.mel.fri
-rw-rw-rw- 1 msmith cdev 8203 25 Sep 2002 VALUES
-rw-rw-rw- 1 backup staff 341 05 Aug 2002 mscstx10.mel

Dickie Bird (-)))

 

[vgersh99]

#!/bin/ksh

year=$(date +%Y)

ls -l | nawk -v year=${year} '
{ printf("%s\n", index($(NF-1), ":&quot ? year : $(NF-1));
}
'


vlad
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[usige]

If you are using a GNU based ls you can use the

 --time-style

parm to force date/time to be displayed consistently. eg:

ls -alrt --time-style='+%Y.%d.%m %H:%M:%S'

Most commencial unices don't have a GNU ls by default.