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#!/usr/bin/perl
#
# Little perl script which converts the time in epoch seconds into a
# use viewable time/date.
#

use strict;

use POSIX qw(strftime);

sub usage {
  print qq[Usage: tsecs [-h] [-f strftime-format] [epoch1 [epoch2 [...]]]
  -h      Specify the times as hex values instead of decimal.
  -f      Specify the strftime format string to use to display the time.

  You can give a list times in epoch seconds to convert on the command line.
  The time "now" will display the current date and secs.
  If no times are given it will print out the current date and secs.
];
  exit 1;
}

my $now = time;
@ARGV = ( $now ) unless @ARGV;

my $time_format = "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y %Z";
my $hex_b = 0;
my @times;

while ( @ARGV ) {
  $_ = shift;
  /^-f/ && do { $time_format = shift || usage(); next; };
  /^-h/ && do { $hex_b = 1; next; };
  /^-/ && usage();
  /^now$/ && do { $times[++$#times] = $now; next; };
  $times[++$#times] = ($hex_b ? hex $_ : $_);
}

foreach my $secs ( @times ) {
  my $time_str = strftime $time_format, localtime($secs);
  print "Time in seconds for $secs is '$time_str'\n";
}

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