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Created November 11, 2023 15:01
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Bash script to get the created time of a file.
get_crtime() {
for target in "${@}"; do
inode=$(stat -c '%i' "${target}")
fs=$(df --output=source "${target}" | tail -1)
crtime=$(sudo debugfs -R 'stat <'"${inode}"'>' "${fs}" 2>/dev/null |
grep -oP 'crtime.*--\s*\K.*')
printf "%s\t%s\n" "${target}" "${crtime}"
done
}
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