i have a perl script that i need to find the last modified date of file, i would prefer it in a epoch timestamp

thanks guys

Have you tried reading the manual? perlfunc is good...
stat Returns a 13-element list giving the status info for a file,
either the file opened via FILEHANDLE, or named by EXPR. If
EXPR is omitted, it stats $_. Returns a null list if the stat
fails. Typically used as follows:

($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,$uid,$gid,$rdev,$size,
$atime,$mtime,$ctime,$blksize,$blocks)
= stat($filename);

Not all fields are supported on all filesystem types. Here are
the meanings of the fields:

0 dev device number of filesystem
1 ino inode number
2 mode file mode (type and permissions)
3 nlink number of (hard) links to the file
4 uid numeric user ID of file’s owner
5 gid numeric group ID of file’s owner
6 rdev the device identifier (special files only)
7 size total size of file, in bytes
8 atime last access time in seconds since the epoch
9 mtime last modify time in seconds since the epoch
10 ctime inode change time in seconds since the epoch (*)
11 blksize preferred block size for file system I/O
12 blocks actual number of blocks allocated

(The epoch was at 00:00 January 1, 1970 GMT.)