You can use date -r or –reference=FILE option to display the last modification time of FILE.
date -r FILE or –reference=FILE option example:
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## create an empty file touch myfile ## date -r FILE or --reference=FILE option ls -l myfile ## returns -rw-r--r-- 1 user 197121 292 May 25 08:59 myfile date -r myfile ## returns Mon, May 25, 2020 8:59:49 AM ## remove the file rm myfile |