How to know last Accessed File Time in Ubuntu

Ubuntu has a utility called stat that shows detailed access to file information, including the size,last accessed and modified file time.

In the terminal window,go to the folder that include the file you want.Run following command

stat filename

For example,

wraith@wraith-desktop:~$ stat install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz

File: `install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz'

Size: 4044751       Blocks: 7912       IO Block: 4096   regular file

Device: 807h/2055d    Inode: 1310747     Links: 1

Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)

Access: 2009-08-29 20:09:23.000000000 +0800

Modify: 2009-07-25 08:07:31.000000000 +0800

Change: 2009-08-29 19:57:28.000000000 +0800

Here shows last accessed and modified time,and the size in B.

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