bash: Test if a file is older than another file.

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Take into account the main readme for this section. README first.

Using the test option -ot older than.

FILE1=/tmp/myfile1
FILE2=/tmp/myfile2

if [[ "$FILE1" -ot "$FILE2" ]];then
   echo "Keeping $FILE1 because it is older than $FILE2 "
fi

The script execution output of the script is:

$ ./test.sh
Keeping /tmp/myfile1 because it is older than /tmp/myfile2