#!/bin/bash while read -r dir do echo "Checking dir '${dir}'..." last_file="${dir}/$(ls -ht -- "${dir}" | head -n1)" echo "Last modified file is '${last_file}'" last_file_time=$(stat -c %Y -- "${last_file}") echo "Last modification time of the file is '${last_file_time}'" last_file_time_formated=$(date -d "@${last_file_time}" +%Y%m%d%H%M.%S) echo "Last modification time formated is '${last_file_time_formated}'" touch -a -m -t "${last_file_time_formated}" -- "${dir}" done <<< "$(find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d)"