ps=`git log -1 --date=raw --pretty=format:%ad -- doc/arm/Bv9ARM.pdf | awk '{print $1;}'` for f in doc/arm/*.html do ts=`git log -1 --date=raw --pretty=format:%ad -- $f | awk '{print $1;}'` if test ${ts:-0} -gt ${ps:-0} then echo commit needed. fi done