NAME¶

newer - compare file modification times

SYNOPSIS¶

newer [option] src1 [ src2 ... srcN ] target

DESCRIPTION¶

Exit successfully if files src1 ... srcN exist and at least one of them is not older than target. Also exit successfully if target doesn't exist.

OPTIONS¶

newer accepts the following options:

--help

Print help message and exit.

--quiet, -q

Do not print any output, including error messages.

--version

Print version information and exit.

--verbose, -v

List missing source files. This is the default.