2015-08-07 11:09:52 +0200, Andreas Schwab:
> Andreas Schwab <schwab-td1emuhucqxl1znqvxd...@public.gmane.org> writes:
> > Peng Yu
> > <pengyu.ut-re5jqeeqqe8avxtiumwx3w-xmd5yjdbdmrexy1tmh2...@public.gmane.org>
> > writes:
> >
> >> Hi, `touch -r` allows one to set the time of a file same as a
> >> reference file. What if one wants to set the time to be the last time
> >> of multiple files? Is there an easy way to do so?
> >
> > $ touch -d @$(stat -c %s $files | sort -n | tail -n1) $file
> %Y
>
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Note that that truncates the date to its integer part. You may
want to make it %.Y instead.
touch -d "@$(stat -c %.Y -- "${files[@]}" | sort -rg | head -n1)" -- "$file"
(also, don't foget the quotes around expansions).
--
Stephane
