[ILUG] pdf document info, ls date format and awk commands

Ray Kelly ray at skynet.ie
Tue Jan 15 14:45:55 GMT 2002


Sean McGrath - Sun Microsystems Ireland wrote:
> 
> < On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 01:53:09PM -0000, Declan Grady mentioned:
> < > 3 questions:
> < > 1. How can I get the date format to show 11-Jan-2002 instead of 11-Jan-14:10
> < > ?
> <
> <  Checkout the date manpage. Loads of info on how to use + and % to make
> < life easy for you.
> 
>   Hes parsing the output from 'ls' not date.  So can't do that.

try "ls --full-time" & then get sed to output the correct fields in the
order required

	Ray ...




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