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On 5/29/24 5:43 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2024-05-30, Dudley Brooks <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> wrote:

On 5/4/24 1:43 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2024-05-03, Dudley Brooks <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> wrote:

I forgot to ask. Can I add something to your now-working line

stat -f '%SN,%SB,%Sm' * > file_times.txt

to reformat date and time? Either within the -f format description or >>>> piping it to something else?

On the internet I found this, supposedly to simply reformat date and
time, for everything, during a session:

set timefmt "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"

But it doesn't seem to be working either. I execute it, then do "date" >>>> or "ls -l" or whatever ... and the date and time are still displayed in >>>> the same format as ever.

Thanks in advance.

Create a plain text file named "lister.sh" with these contents:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

for file in ./*; do
filename=`basename "$file"`

created=`stat -f '%SB' "$filename"`
modified=`stat -f '%Sm' "$filename"`

created_s=`date -j -f "%b %d %H:%M:%S %Y" "$created" "+%F %H:%M:%S"` >>> modified_s=`date -j -f "%b %d %H:%M:%S %Y" "$modified" "+%F %H:%M:%S"` >>>
echo "$filename,$created_s,$modified_s"
done

Make the script executable with this command in the same directory as
the script:

chmod +x lister.sh

Run the script in a terminal window like so:

./lister.sh > file_times.csv

As I mentioned in another thread (in another ng, actually,
comp.sys.mac.apps) I didn't have time to try your suggestion until quite
recently, and didn't have time to thank you until just now.

It worked perfectly! And it's clear enough that I can modify it myself
to do another couple of minor things I might want to do.

Thanks!

You're welcome. Glad to hear it worked for you.

You may find this funny. I was told just in the past day or two by a
resident troll in the iPhone news group that I have never written a
single line of code. He also claims I never made it through high school
along with a bunch of other juvenile personal attacks. 🤣

I wish trolls were just as imaginary as the things they say.

Why can't they just limit themselves to hiding under bridges and saying
"Who's that tramping on my bridge!"
--
Dudley Brooks, Artistic Director
Run For Your Life! ... it's a dance company!
San Francisco
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From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.misc

On 2024-06-02 23:20:02 +0000, Dudley Brooks said:

On 5/29/24 5:43 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2024-05-30, Dudley Brooks <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> wrote:

On 5/4/24 1:43 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2024-05-03, Dudley Brooks <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> wrote:

I forgot to ask. Can I add something to your now-working line

stat -f '%SN,%SB,%Sm' * > file_times.txt

to reformat date and time? Either within the -f format description or >>>>> piping it to something else?

On the internet I found this, supposedly to simply reformat date and >>>>> time, for everything, during a session:

set timefmt "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"

But it doesn't seem to be working either. I execute it, then do "date" >>>>> or "ls -l" or whatever ... and the date and time are still displayed in >>>>> the same format as ever.

Thanks in advance.

Create a plain text file named "lister.sh" with these contents:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

for file in ./*; do
filename=`basename "$file"`

created=`stat -f '%SB' "$filename"`
modified=`stat -f '%Sm' "$filename"`

created_s=`date -j -f "%b %d %H:%M:%S %Y" "$created" "+%F %H:%M:%S"`
modified_s=`date -j -f "%b %d %H:%M:%S %Y" "$modified" "+%F %H:%M:%S"` >>>>
echo "$filename,$created_s,$modified_s"
done

Make the script executable with this command in the same directory as
the script:

chmod +x lister.sh

Run the script in a terminal window like so:

./lister.sh > file_times.csv

As I mentioned in another thread (in another ng, actually,
comp.sys.mac.apps) I didn't have time to try your suggestion until quite >>> recently, and didn't have time to thank you until just now.

It worked perfectly! And it's clear enough that I can modify it myself
to do another couple of minor things I might want to do.

Thanks!

You're welcome. Glad to hear it worked for you.

You may find this funny. I was told just in the past day or two by a
resident troll in the iPhone news group that I have never written a
single line of code. He also claims I never made it through high school
along with a bunch of other juvenile personal attacks. 🤣

I wish trolls were just as imaginary as the things they say.

Why can't they just limit themselves to hiding under bridges and saying "Who's that tramping on my bridge!"

Because fools in cargo ships or big trucks keep crashing into the bridges. ;-)


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