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A bash function to set the "Date Created" of a file to the macOS/Finder "Date Added"
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SetDateCreatedToDateAdded.sh
SetDateCreatedToDateAdded () { SetFile -d "$(date -j -f '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' "$(mdls $1 | grep -w kMDItemDateAdded | awk '{print $3,$4}')" +"%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S")" $1; }
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