How Do I Grep a Timestamp in Unix?
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How do I grep a timestamp?

I suggest you do:

  1. Press CTRL + ALT + T .
  2. Run the command ( -E for extended regex): sudo grep -E ‘2019-03-19T09:3[6-9]’ <file or file_path>

How do you find the timestamp of a file in Unix?

The command is called stat . If you want to adjust the format, refer to the man pages, since the output is OS-specific and varies under Linux/Unix. Generally, you can get the times through a normal directory listing as well: ls -l outputs last time the file content was modified, the mtime.

Robert Thorne

Robert Thorne

Automotive & Future Transportation Editor

Robert Thorne covers electric vehicle innovations, autonomous driving systems, global mobility trends, and automotive engineering developments.

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