Find UNIX Files Modified within a Number of Days
Posted September 4, 2003 by Quinn McHenry in UNIX
To find all files modified within the last 5 days, use the following:
find / -mtime -5 -print
The – in front of the 5 modifies the meaning of the time as “less than five days.” The following command displays files modified more than five days ago:
find / -mtime +5 -print
Without the + or -, the command would find files with a modification time of five days ago, not less or more.
About Quinn McHenry
Quinn was one of the original co-founders of Tech-Recipes. He is currently crafting iOS applications as a senior developer at Small Planet Digital in Brooklyn, New York.
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