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> date +%y%m%d-%H%M%S -jf "%b %d %H:%M:%S" `ls -lT filename | awk ' { print $6, $7, $8, $9 } '` 

i have tried many variations on this, and all fail as follows:

  rip.psg.com:/usr/home/randy> date -j +%y%m%d-%H%M%S -f '%b %d %T %Y' `ls -lT 2borg | awk '{print $6, $7, $8, $9}'`
  date: illegal time format
  usage: date [-jnu] [-d dst] [-r seconds] [-t west] [-v[+|-]val[ymwdHMS]] ... 
	      [-f fmt date | [[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH]MM[.ss]] [+format]

yes, this all seems in accord with what 'man strftime' shows me.

randy, feeling stoopid

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