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Re: a hopefully simple ls command question?

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I have zero access to the bash profile file on any of these commercial shell 
services.



On Sun, 17 May 2026, John Hasler wrote:

> Copy the script below to your home directory on your shell server.
> I call the script "findbetween" but you can rename it if you wish.
>
> Run this command:
>
>    chmod a+x findbetween
>
> Run this command:
>
>    alias findbetween="$HOME/findbetween"
>
> Typing findbetween should now print a usage message.
>
>
>
> Adding the above command to the end of the .bash_profile file in
> your home directory should make the change permanent.
>
> -----NEXT LINE IS FIRST LINE OF THE SCRIPT----
> #!/bin/bash
>
> # This program is free software.  You may treat it as if it were
> # in the public domain. You are free to make and distribute copies
> # and derivatives.  John Hasler 2026-05-17
>
> if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
>    cat <<EOF
> This program lists files in the current directory that are newer or as new as
> the first date on the command line but no newer than the second one.
> The dates must be in ISO standard form (without seconds) and in single quotes.
> The exact format is important.  Note the leading zeros.
> Example:
> '2026-05-12 09:41' '2026-05-16 20:52'
> EOF
>    exit 1
> fi
>
> startdate=$1
> enddate=$2
>
> export startdate
> export enddate
>
> ls -tuo --full-time | awk '
> {start = ENVIRON["startdate"]}
> {end = ENVIRON["enddate"]}
> {date = $5 " " substr($6, 1, 5)}
> {if (date >= start && date <= end) print date " " $8 }
> '
> -----PREVIOUS LINE IS THE LAST LINE OF THE SCRIPT----
>
> Note that the last line of the script contains only
> a single "'".
>
>
> -- 
> John Hasler
> john@sugarbit.com
> Elmwood, WI USA
>
>

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