Hi, Is there a way to find the last modified time of a file using a unix command.I will need to execute a remote execution so do not think I will be able to use the perl code posted. -Thanks in advance

simple UNIX command would be ls -l part of the output is the modification time. You can change it to ls -l | awk ' {print $6,$7,$8,$9} ' but this is a kind of scripting. No RISK no Fun Frank

Thanks is there a way to get it in plain seconds not in the formatted form???

alexandria, in seconds of what ? Based on the 1.1.1970 ? Seconds since the file was modified till now ? Without a script ? or only without perl ? No RISK no fun Frank

Yes based on 1.1.1970. Something that can be executed within a rexec command.

There is no simple unix command to do so on the OS I know. You can wirte a shell script or use the utime subroutine. anyway all solutions are rexec compatible. Try to find an alternative. Why do you need time in seconds since 1.1.1970. No RISK no fun Frank

Need to work along with some PHP code and it does not have a file modified time that works on my server .