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Seconds elapsed since last update of a file
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elapsed_since_last_update.sh
# FILL FILENAME
# Return the seconds from last modification of a file, among a list of files
file=$(ls FILENAME -hant --time-style +%s | head -n1 | awk '{print $6}' ) ; now=$(date +%s); echo $((now-file))
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