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Old 05-25-2006
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Yes, if I want to search files modified 5 days ago in my computer I type:


Code:
find / -mtime 5 2>/dev/null

the 2>/dev/null is just to prevent output about "Permission denied" directories

But, what if I want to search for files modified on 01-01-1999 ?