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Get the time of the latest Ethereum block in one line
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last-eth-block-time.sh
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBlockByNumber","params":["latest",false],"id":"0"}' -s http://localhost:8545| jq '.result.timestamp' | xargs -I {} node -e "console.log(new Date(Number.parseInt('{}'.substr(2),16) * 1000))"
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