from the ls man page I see: --time-style=STYLE show times using style STYLE: full-iso, long-iso, iso, locale, +FORMAT
FORMAT is interpreted like `date'; if FORMAT is FORMAT1<newline>FORMAT2, FORMAT1 applies to non-recent files and FORMAT2 to recent files; if STYLE is prefixed with `posix-', STYLE takes effect only outside the POSIX locale and indeed ls gives different outputs depending on age of file, eg -rw-r--r-- 1 michael michael 6021 Mar 9 23:25 bldit.bcon.a1a_v4_3-qssa.030905.log -rw-r--r-- 1 michael michael 21692 Jan 16 2005 bldit.cctm.a1a_v4_3-smvgear.011605.log but how do I define what is (non-)recent? I presume this is connect with locale but man locale has no 'recent' string in it! Thanks, -- Michael Bane Atmospheric Physics Group University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]