Get current time in seconds since the Epoch on Linux, Bash

linux bash datetime
n-alexander picture n-alexander · Jul 7, 2009 · Viewed 554.9k times · Source

I need something simple like date, but in seconds since 1970 instead of the current date, hours, minutes, and seconds.

date doesn't seem to offer that option. Is there an easy way?

Answer

Steef picture Steef · Jul 7, 2009

This should work:

date +%s

Related questions

Looping through the content of a file in Bash

How do I iterate through each line of a text file with Bash? With this script: echo "Start!" for p in (peptides.txt) do echo "${p}" done I get this output on the screen: Start! ./runPep.sh: line 3: syntax error …

Read More
How to create a file in Linux from terminal window?

What's the easiest way to create a file in Linux terminal?

Read More
How to permanently set $PATH on Linux/Unix?

I'm trying to add a directory to my path so it will always be in my Linux path. I've tried: export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/dir This works, however each time I exit the terminal and start a new terminal …

Read More