how to find files older than 2 hours

pt14 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008

I need help to find files in a directory that are older than 2 hours.
Any help would be great.

lbreddy · #2 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by pt14

I need help to find files in a directory that are older than 2 hours.
Any help would be great.

Hi this is babu,

I am giving a command follwing,

touch -t [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.SS] somefile
find . ! -newer somefile -print

This command will be displayed the files at the perticular time stamp.
bye,
babu:

itik · #3 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008

I have a common script for finding it in two days but not two hours:

find /users -name '*.tmp' -mtime +2

Try to find something on the -mtime maybe you could change this param to be hour not day.

joeyg · #4 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008

Take a look at the FAQ's.
My thought is in using perl, and then seeing if the last modification time is within 2 hours of now.

http://http://www.unix.com/answers-f...rithmetic.html

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