fn(1)

fn1

Print newest timestamp in a directory, recursively

Usage

fn dir []

Overview

fn recursively scans the directories given on the command line and prints the UNIX timestamp (seconds since UNIX epoch) of the newest file found.

fn ignores everything except ordinary files (in particular, directories and symlinks).

In case of errors, 0 is printed.

Return values

The fn utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

Authors

Thomas Klausner ⟨[email protected]⟩

From findnewest 0.3-4 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.