xstat bash function to get file creation time on Linux with EXT4

xstat

#utility http://moiseevigor.github.io/software/2015/01/30/get-file-creation-time-on-linux-with-ext4/

xstat() {

#temporary file to be sorted
temp_file=$(mktemp)


  for target in "${@}"; do
    inode=$(ls -di "${target}" | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
    fs=$(df "${target}"  | tail -1 | awk '{print $1}')
    crtime=$(sudo debugfs -R 'stat <'"${inode}"'>' "${fs}" 2>/dev/null |
    grep -oP 'crtime.*--\s*\K.*')
    printf "%s\t%s\n" "${crtime}" "${target}" >> $temp_file
  done

sort -k1 -k2M -k3 -k4 -k5 -k6  $temp_file


rm ${temp_file}
}