https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/see-timestamps-in-linux/m-p/3065904#M73967 You can also use the command stat<BR /><BR />like<BR /><BR /># stat 'filename'<BR />or<BR /># stat *<BR /><BR />I usualy use a perl script that uses perl stat()<BR /><BR />J-P<BR /> Mon, 08 Sep 2003 15:22:23 GMT Huc_1 2003-09-08T15:22:23Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/see-timestamps-in-linux/m-p/3065901#M73964 Hello:<BR /><BR /> How can I see the mtime of a file in a linux system?<BR /><BR />Regards,<BR />Mario Mon, 08 Sep 2003 14:11:03 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/see-timestamps-in-linux/m-p/3065901#M73964 oiram 2003-09-08T14:11:03Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/see-timestamps-in-linux/m-p/3065902#M73965 the date printed by the 'ls -l' is the modification time. You can get the modification time with more precision using 'ls -l --full-time'.<BR /><BR />hth,<BR />Claudio Mon, 08 Sep 2003 14:22:24 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/see-timestamps-in-linux/m-p/3065902#M73965 Claudio Cilloni 2003-09-08T14:22:24Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/see-timestamps-in-linux/m-p/3065903#M73966 some linux systems have the ll alias<BR /><BR />ll <FILENAME><BR /><BR />which is the same as ls -l<BR /><BR />SEP</FILENAME> Mon, 08 Sep 2003 15:06:32 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/see-timestamps-in-linux/m-p/3065903#M73966 Steven E. Protter 2003-09-08T15:06:32Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/see-timestamps-in-linux/m-p/3065904#M73967 You can also use the command stat<BR /><BR />like<BR /><BR /># stat 'filename'<BR />or<BR /># stat *<BR /><BR />I usualy use a perl script that uses perl stat()<BR /><BR />J-P<BR /> Mon, 08 Sep 2003 15:22:23 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/see-timestamps-in-linux/m-p/3065904#M73967 Huc_1 2003-09-08T15:22:23Z