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Old 11-12-2005
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Your syntax is incorrect. The '-mtime' argument expects to be followed by a positive/negative integer or an integer without any signs preceding it.
The mtime argument will find files older than/ newer than or exactly as old as the number of days specified. Please check the man page of find on your system for more details.