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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.
--
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 2024-05-03, 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
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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!

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

--
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 2024-05-30, 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. 🤣
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JR
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