#!/bin/bash file1="$1" file2="$2" file1time=$(stat -c '%Y' "$file1") file2time=$(stat -c '%Y' "$file2") if [ "$file1time" = "$file2time" ] then exit 0 else ( echo "$0: File mtimes are not equal" echo "\$file1time: $file1time" echo "\$file2time: $file2time" ) 1>&2 exit 1 fi