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Checks number of seconds since a file was changed
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file_age_secs
#!/bin/bash
#
# Returns (via stdout) the number of seconds since a file was last changed. Useful for checking a
# 'success' timestamp/flag file to identify a stale/dead process.
#
echo $[`date +%s` - `stat -c %Y $1`]
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