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Show how old your linux OS installtion is

Terminal - Show how old your linux OS installtion is

sudo tune2fs -l $(df -h / |(read; awk '{print $1; exit}')) | grep -i created

2013-08-08 15:18:09

User: thechile

Functions: awk df grep sudo tune2fs

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Show how old your linux OS installtion is

..not guaranteed to always be accurate but fun to see how old you Linux installation is based on the root partitions file system creation date.

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A very slight simplification:

sudo tune2fs -l $(df --output=source / | tail -1) | grep -i created

Comment by michelsberg 206 weeks and 5 days ago

If you do it like this:

# tune2fs -l `df --output=source / | tail -1` | grep -i created

It'll also work on all Bourne compat shells, not only BASH.

Comment by kernel01 206 weeks and 1 day ago

Could be improved by just adding -l option to df, in order not to add delay for non local FS:

sudo tune2fs -l $(df -lh / |(read; awk '{print $1; exit}')) | grep -i created

Comment by TerDale 204 weeks and 6 days ago

tune2fs -l $(mount | awk '/ \/ / {print $1}') | grep -i created

Comment by dennisw 204 weeks and 3 days ago

If your are cloning, ghosting or using Acronis to distribute your OS this command reflects the image create not how old that particular hardware installation is.

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