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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.  ;-)