shell script question

[Jim Reimer]

Given a file that contains a line indicating the date and
time the file expires, in the form:

Expires:200005281430;Remove:200005281430;991272

(this example is 28 May, 2000 @ 1430Z)

can one easily determine with a shell script if the file
has indeed expired, and then delete it?  I realize this
would be a trivial task using C or Perl, but what about
the standard command-line tools like grep, sed, and so on?

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Regards,
Jim Reimer - WA5RRH
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